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Line 1: {{Unreferenced\|date=October 2007}} 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 ~~prevented from developing~~improved by one of the processes of male development.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/defeminization\|title=Defeminization definition and meaning {{!}} Collins English Dictionary\|website=www.collinsdictionary.com\|language=en\|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> Although the term might seem to imply "removal" of female characteristics, in nearly all biological contexts it refers to ''prevention'' of an aspect of female development from manifesting. In human [[biology of gender]], the best known example of this is the prevention of development of the [[müllerian duct]] derivatives by [[anti-müllerian hormone]] (AMH) in the 3rd and 4th months of [[fetus\|fetal]] development, though the term is not commonly used in discussions of human development.

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