gynecomastia

English

Alternative forms

• gynaecomastia, gynæcomastia
• gynecomasty, gynaecomasty, gynæcomasty

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• gyno
• pseudogynecomastia

Translations

development of breasts in males

Armenian: գինեկոմաստիա (ginekomastia) Asturian: xinecomastia f Basque: ginekomastia Belarusian: гінекамастыя f (hinjekamastyja) Bihari: गाइनेकोमास्टिया Bulgarian: гинекомастия f (ginekomastija) Catalan: ginecomàstia f Chinese: Mandarin: 男性乳房发育 (nánxìng rǔfáng fāyù) Dutch: gynaecomastie (nl) f Finnish: naisnisäisyys French: gynécomastie (fr) f Galician: xinecomastia f German: Gynäkomastie (de) f Greek: γυναικομαστία (el) (gynaikomastía) Hebrew: גינקומסטיה (he) f (ginekomastya) Hindi: पुंस्तनवृद्धि (punstanvŕddhi), गाइनेकोमैस्टिआ (gāinekomaisṭiā) Indonesian: ginekomastia Italian: ginecomastia (it) f Japanese: 女性化乳房 (josei-ka nyūbō) Kazakh: гинекомастия (ginekomastiä) Korean: 여성형유방증 (yeoseonghyeong'yubangjeung) Lithuanian: ginekomastija f Polish: ginekomastia (pl) f Portuguese: ginecomastia (pt) f Russian: гинекомасти́я (ru) f (ginekomastíja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гинекома̀стија f Roman: ginekomàstija (sh) f Slovak: gynekomastia f Spanish: ginecomastia f Swahili: jinekomastia Swedish: gynekomasti (sv) c Tagalog: hinekomastiya, ginekomastiya Telugu: గైనేకోమస్తియా (gainēkōmastiyā) Turkish: jinekomasti Ukrainian: гінекомастія f (hinekomastija) West Frisian: gynekomasty

See also

• man boob, moob
• bitch tits

Further reading

• gynecomastia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia