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virilization vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs virilization

virilization and ontogenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virilization Yes No No No
ontogenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogenesis is a hypernym of virilization; that is, ontogenesis 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)
  • 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 virilization include development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny.
virilization (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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