Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In physiology, the condition of a man having breasts as large as those of a woman, and functionally active.
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- noun physiology The condition of a man developing
breasts of a size and functionality of a woman's.
Etymologies
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See gynaecomasty.
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[213] A similar condition of gynecomasty has been observed in connection with inversion by Moll, Laurent, Wey, etc. Olano ( "La Secrecion Mamaria en los Invertidos Sexuales," _Archivos de Criminologia_, May, 1902, p. 305) further observed a certain amount of mammary secretion in an inverted man,
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899
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