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gynecomastia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡaɪ.nɪ.kəʊˈmæs.tɪə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-kə-/
  • General-American: /ˌɡaɪ.nɪ.koʊˈmæs.tiə/
  • General-American: /-kə-/
  • General-American: /ˌdʒaɪ-/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Excessive development of breasts in men, resembling the breast development in women.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gynecomastism, gynecomazia, gyno

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abnormality, abnormalcy

History

Etymology

Internationalism. From gyneco- + -mastia.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

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