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MeSH Heading: Virilism
Tree Number(s): C23.888.971
Unique ID: D014770
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014770
Annotation: check the tag FEMALE
Scope Note: Development of male secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS in the FEMALE. It is due to the effects of androgenic metabolites of precursors from endogenous or exogenous sources, such as ADRENAL GLANDS or therapeutic drugs.
Entry Term(s): Androgenization; Masculinization; Virilization
NLM Classification #: WK 770
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/07/28

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Virilism MeSH Descriptor Data 2025