testicular feminization

noun

variants or testicular feminization syndrome

: androgen insensitivity syndrome

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1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of testicular feminization was in 1953

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testicular feminization

noun

variants or testicular feminization syndrome

: androgen insensitivity syndrome

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