undermasculinized

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ masculinized

Adjective[edit]

undermasculinized (comparative more undermasculinized, superlative most undermasculinized)

  1. (medicine) Lacking the usual degree of masculinity.
    • 2011, Charles G. D. Brook, Peter Clayton, Rosalind Brown, Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology, page 196:
      It remains to be seen whether oxidoreductase deficiency is a significant cause of non-syndromic ambiguous genitalia in newborn females and undermasculinized males of unknown diagnosis as assessed by urinary steroid analyses.

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