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Also known as defem, defeminisation, unfem, defemination

In developmental biology and zoology, 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.

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In developmental biology and zoology, 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== Sexual differentiation Defeminization and masculinization Virilization Feminization

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