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Definition of Gynecomastia

1. Noun. Excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives).

Definition of Gynecomastia

1. Noun. (medicine) Excessive development of breasts in males, resembling the breast development in women. ¹

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Definition of Gynecomastia

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Medical Definition of Gynecomastia

1. An excessive development of the male mammary glands, even to the functional state. Temporary enlargement of the breasts is not unusual or abnormal in boys during adolescence or during recovery from malnutrition. Gynaecomastia may be abnormal as, for example, in Klinefelter's syndrome. Origin: Gr. Mastos = breast, gynh = a woman or female. (21 Jun 2000)

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Literary usage of Gynecomastia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"The percentage of males as compared with females is not given, nor is any mention made of associated gynecomastia in any case. ..."

2. The Breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment by John Blair Deaver, Joseph McFarland (1917)
"If in this case the gynecomastia of the son were accepted as an evidence of ... The subject divides itself into the following: gynecomastia occurs in ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"gynecomastia may result from under developed testicles which have ... Such changes may be absent and the gynecomastia may be due to effects of the other ..."

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