In developmental
biology
Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...
and
zoology
Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...
, defeminization is an aspect of the process of
sexual differentiation by which a potential female-specific structure, function, or behavior is changed by one of the processes of male development.
See also
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Sexual differentiation
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Defeminization and masculinization
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Virilization
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Feminization
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Sexual anatomy
Zoology
Physiology