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GYNECOMASTIA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
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)
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)
Context examples:
Gynecomastia may be present.
(Klinefelter syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)