gyno
US/ˈɡaɪnoʊ/
gyno is the clipping of gynecologist.
gyno is the clipping of gynecomastia.
Meaning of gynecologist
Noun
gynecologist (plural gynecologists)
- A physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system.
- Dr. Schirren: The members of this round table keep on speaking about urologists and gynecologists but you never mention andrologists.1986, Emil Steinberger, G. Frajese, Anna Steinberger, editors, Reproductive Medicine, page 493
Meaning of gynecomastia
Noun
gynecomastia (countable and uncountable, plural gynecomastias)
- Excessive development of breasts in men, resembling the breast development in women.
- But probably the primary reason for gynecomastia in adult onset is drugs—and these are not illegal drugs.2006, Merle J. Yost, Demystyifying Gynecomastia: Men with Breasts, →ISBN, page 24
- Synonyms:
- gynecomastism, gynecomazia, gyno
Forms of gyno
| plural | gynos |
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Questions about gyno
- What is gyno the clipping of?
- Gyno is the clipping of gynecologist.
- How do you pronounce gyno?
- Gyno is pronounced /ˈɡaɪnoʊ/ (US).
Words near gyno in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gyno (page history and authors); gynecologist (page history and authors); gynecomastia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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