A medical term describing breast enlargement in males due to glandular growth rather than just fatty tissue.
From Greek 'gyne' (woman) + 'mastos' (breast) + '-ia' (condition). The '-ia' ending specifically denotes a medical or pathological state, emphasizing the disease aspect of the condition.
The subtle difference between 'gynecomastia' (medical), 'gynecomasty' (clinical), and 'gynecomazia' (glandular focus) shows how doctors create multiple terms to describe different mechanisms of the same visible problem—precision in medicine can mean multiple names for one thing.
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