Word: androgeneity
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...large female guinea pigs were given implantations of a male hormone and in two months they were definitely on their way toward masculinity. "A single administration," said the scientists, ". . . had produced masculinization which would otherwise have required either frequent injection of androgen [male hormone] or the presence of a transplanted testis." It was discovered that the rate at which the tablets were absorbed ranged from 2% a month for the female hormones to 25% for the male hormones. Best way to insure adequate absorption, said Drs. Deanesly and Parkes, was to use a number of smaller, tablets rather than...