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virilization vs growing

growing vs virilization

virilization and growing both are nouns.

virilization is not an adjective while growing is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virilization Yes No No No
growing Yes Yes No No
As nouns, growing is a hypernym of virilization; that is, growing is a word with a broader meaning than virilization:
  • virilization: the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
  • growing: (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 virilization include development, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
virilization (noun) growing (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
(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
virilization (adjective) growing (adjective)
relating to or suitable for growth
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