Diseases

Feminization

Development of female secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS in the MALE. It is due to the effects of estrogenic metabolites of precursors from endogenous or exogenous sources, such as ADRENAL GLANDS or therapeutic drugs.

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Development of female secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS in the MALE. It is due to the effects of estrogenic metabolites of precursors from endogenous or exogenous sources, such as ADRENAL GLANDS or therapeutic drugs.

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  • Feminizations

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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check the tag MALE

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72(67)

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  • Sex Characteristics (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Feminization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005262. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005262
  2. Feminization. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_(biology)
  3. Feminization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5442904