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melt(medicine)
melt(2)(dictionary)
melt(1)(dictionary)
melt(dictionary)
Chicken Avocado Melt(recipes)
Swiss Melt Chicken(recipes)
Tropical Turkey Melt(recipes)
Deluxe Turkey Pita Melt(recipes)
Chocolate Hazelnut & Goat Cheese Melt(recipes)

masculinization (medicine) and melt(1) (iou)


masculinization (medicine)


masculinization


The condition marked by the attainment of male characteristics, such as facial hair, either physiologically as part of male maturation, or pathologically by individuals of either sex.

Origin: L. Masculus, male


melt(1) (iou)



melt noun1. M19.
[from MELT verb.]
Metal etc. in a melted condition. M19.
A quantity of metal etc. melted at one operation. L19.
The process of melting. Freq. in on the melt. L19.
A sandwich, hamburger, or Other dish containing or topped with melted cheese. Usu. with modifying word, as tuna melt. Orig. N. Amer. M20.
Comb.: melt-spin verb trans. prepare by melt-spinning (freq. as melt-spun ppl adjective); melt spinning the extrusion of a heat-softened substance (esp. a polymer) through a spinneret to form a fibre; melt water water resulting from the melting of ice or snow, esp. that of a glacier.