different between gynecomasty vs gynaecomasty

English

Alternative forms

• gynaecomasty

Etymology

See gynaecomasty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?n?k??mæsti/

Noun

gynecomasty (uncountable)

1. (physiology) The condition of a man developing breasts of a size and functionality of a woman's.

English

Alternative forms

• gynæcomasty (obsolete)
• gynecomasty

Etymology

From gynaeco- +? Ancient Greek ?????? (mastós, “breast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?n?k??mæsti/

Noun

gynaecomasty (uncountable)

1. (physiology) The condition of a man developing breasts of a size and functionality of a woman's.
   • 1939: The authors report the case of a 40-year-old man with a predominantly left gynaecomasty who was found to be excreting a consistently high level of œstrogen — Annales d'Endocrinologie, Doin 1939, p. 287
   • 1995: Apart from the skin lesions there were no abnormalities other than bilateral gynaecomasty for which no cause was detected. — Tropical and Geographical Medicine, Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen 1995, p. 92

Related terms

• gynecomastia
• gynaecomastia