An alternative medical term for abnormal breast enlargement in males, referring to the actual tissue growth itself.
From Greek 'gyne' (woman) + 'mastos' (breast) + '-y' (state or condition). This variant spelling was sometimes preferred in older medical texts as a simpler form than gynecomastia.
Different medical eras preferred different names for the same condition—gynecomasty competed with gynecomastia, but the latter won out, showing how scientific terminology isn't always permanent and can shift with fashion and convention.
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