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masculinization vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs masculinization

masculinization and ontogenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
masculinization Yes No No No
ontogenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogenesis is a hypernym of masculinization; that is, ontogenesis is a word with a broader meaning than masculinization:
  • masculinization: the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
  • ontogenesis: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Other hypernyms of masculinization include development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny.
masculinization (noun) ontogenesis (noun)
the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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