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virilization vs growth

growth vs virilization

virilization and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virilization Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of virilization; that is, growth 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)
  • growth: (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, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
virilization (noun) growth (noun)
the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) the gradual beginning or coming forth
vegetation that has grown
something grown or 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
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Difference between virilization and growth

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