gynecomastia

• gynaecomastia, gynæcomastia
• gynecomasty, gynaecomasty, gynæcomasty

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + μαστός (mastós, “breast”), equivalent to gyneco- +‎ -mastia.

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡaɪnɪkə(ʊ)ˈmæstɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡaɪnɪkoʊˈmæstiə/, /ˌɡaɪnɪkəˈmæstiə/, /ˌd͡ʒaɪnɪkoʊˈmæstiə/, /ˌd͡ʒaɪnɪkəˈmæstiə/

gynecomastia (countable and uncountable, plural gynecomastias)

1. (American spelling, pathology) Excessive development of breasts in men, resembling the breast development in women.

   Synonyms: gynecomastism, gynecomazia

   • 2006, Merle J. Yost, Demystyifying Gynecomastia: Men with Breasts, →ISBN, page 24:

     But probably the primary reason for gynecomastia in adult onset is drugs—and these are not illegal drugs.

   • 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 November 2023:

     Fitness coach Powell was awake and talking throughout the procedure last month at the Cardiff branch of Signature Clinic, a cosmetic surgery group which for the past year has averaged 100 gynecomastia patients a month across its six locations in UK and Ireland.

• gyno
• pseudogynecomastia

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