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gynecomastia

human disorder, which causes the appearance of breasts in males
Class type of: disorder of sex development Q339221

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
class of disease
Subclass of
disorder of sex development
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
Drug or therapy used for treatment
aromatase inhibitors, selective estrogen-receptor modulators[12][13]
Has cause
chronic renal insufficiency, obesity, liver cirrhosis, malnutrition, medication[3][4][5][6][7]
Health specialty
endocrinology, plastic surgery[10][11]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C3073[9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Medicine[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en gynaecomastia en moobs en man boobs en gynecomastia ar تثدي الرجل cs gynekomastie da mandlig brystudvikling da gynækomasti de Gynäkomastie de Männerbrust de ICD-10 N62 el γυναικομαστία es ginecomastia fa بزرگ‌شدن پستان مردانه fa بزرگ شدن پستان مردانه fa ژنیکوماستی fi Gynekomastia fi Gynot fr Gonflement des seins fr Gynecomastie
🔖 Identifiers · 34
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh95007456
OpenAlex ID
C2777691561
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gynaecomastia.jpeg ↗
BNCF Thesaurus ID
43908
DeCS ID
6328
Disease Ontology ID
DOID:12698
DiseasesDB
19601
EMedicine ID
120858
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
gynekomastia
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/gynecomastia
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org, identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/07cszr
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2360587
Human Phenotype Ontology ID
HP:0000771
ICD-10 ID
N6262.
ICD-10-CM
N62
ICD-9 ID
N62, 611.1
J9U entity ID
987007558846705171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
gynecomastia
Lex ID
gynækomasti
MeSH descriptor ID
D006177
MeSH tree code
C17.800.090.875
MedlinePlus ID
003165
NL CR AUT ID
ph694877
National Library of Latvia ID
000353520
Patientplus ID
Gynaecomastia
PatientsLikeMe condition ID
gynecomastia
Quora topic ID
Gynecomastia
Store medisinske leksikon ID
gynekomasti
UMLS CUI
C0018418
WikiProjectMed ID
Gynecomastia
WikiSkripta article ID
22413
WordLift URL
data.medicalrecords.com
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14529622-n

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Has cause 5
medication, obesity, malnutrition, liver cirrhosis, chronic renal insufficiency
Drug or therapy used for treatment 2
aromatase inhibitors, selective estrogen-receptor modulators
Health specialty 2
endocrinology, plastic surgery
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Medicine
Subtypes 1
pseudogynecomastia
← Symptoms and signs 1
Klinefelter's syndrome
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Summary

gynecomastia is a class of disease[1]. gynecomastia is a type of disorder of sex development[2].

Related Entities

endocrinology malnutrition obesity

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Human Phenotype Ontology ID → HP:0000771
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #61125: HPO ID through mesh or umls"
  2. 24w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WikiSkripta article ID → 22413
    "Created claim: WikiSkripta article ID: 22413, Matched to Gynekomastie (#78312771) in WikiSkripta #mix'n'ma"
  3. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Drug or therapy used for treatment → aromatase inhibitors, selective estrogen-receptor modulators
    Subclass of → disorder of sex development
    Instance of → class of disease
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Subclass of: disorder of sex development, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect disorder of sex development → disorder of sex development ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolv"
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