virilism /vir·i·lism/ (vir´ĭ-lizm) the development or possession of male secondary sex characters in a female or prepubertal male.
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adrenal virilism that due to inappropriate adrenal cortical androgen production.
vir·il·ism (vîr  -l z m)n. The presence of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female. |
virilism
[vir′əliz′əm]
Etymology: L, virilis + ismus, practice
1 See virilization.
2 pseudohermaphroditism in a female.
3 premature development of masculine characteristics in the male. Kinds of virilism are adrenal virilism and prosopopilary virilism.
virilism
the presence of male characteristics in the female. See also virilization.
adrenal virilism
virilism caused by a tumor of the zona reticularis of the adrenal gland.
virilism
Endocrinology The presence of ♂ physical and sexual characteristics in a ♀–hirsutism, receding frontal hairline, masculine body habitus, deepening of voice, ↑ sebaceous gland secretion, clitoral enlargement.
See Hirsutism, Virilization.
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