Definition of "gynaecomastia" [gynaecomastia]

• Excessive development of breasts in males, resembling the breast development in women. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Moobs are caused by a condition called gynaecomastia, which develops for a number of reasons."
• "Consultant Breast Surgeon Nader Khonji explained that the growth, known as gynaecomastia, was normally observed in adolescent males or people taking prescribed medication."
• "The mammotome machine will give the hospital cancer centre a new way of removing gynaecomastia, which is the technical term for breast tissue in men."