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gynaecomasty
gynaecomasty n. 
/ˌdʒʌɪnᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmasti/, /ɡʌɪˌniːkə(ʊ)ˈmasti/, /ˌdʒɪˈnikəˌmæsti/ [Greek μαστός breast: compare Greek γυναικόμασθος (Galen) and modern Latin gynæcomastum] Physiology the condition of a man's breasts in which they are as large as a woman's and functionally active; also in modern Latin form gynæcoˈmastia.
Brit. /ˌɡʌɪnᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmasti/
, /ˌɡʌɪnᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmasti//ˌdʒʌɪnᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmasti//ɡʌɪˌniːkə(ʊ)ˈmasti/U.S. /ˌɡaɪˈnikəˌmæsti/
, /ˌɡaɪˈnikəˌmæsti//ˌdʒɪˈnikəˌmæsti/ΘΚΠ
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gynaecomasty1873
polymastia1878
polymastism1886
micromazia1890
micromastia1918
1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. Notes (1874) 421 The mammæ of men will, under special excitation, yield milk: there are various cases of gynæcomasty on record, and in famines infants whose mothers have died have been thus saved.
1881 Index-Cat. Surg.-Gen. U.S. II. 421/2 (title) On the male mammary glands, and on gynaecomastia.
1904 Lancet 26 Mar. 865/2 This was not so marked a case of gynæcomastia as in Case 1.
1962 Lancet 29 Dec. 1358/1 Gynæcomastia in the male may be associated with an abnormality of œstrogen production or metabolism.
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