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    GYNECOMASTIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("gynecomastia" is a kind of...):

    abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

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     Context examples: 

    Gynecomastia may be present.

    (Klinefelter syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)


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