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virilization vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs virilization

virilization and ontogeny both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virilization Yes No No No
ontogeny Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogeny is a hypernym of virilization; that is, ontogeny 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)
  • ontogeny: (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, ontogenesis.
virilization (noun) ontogeny (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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