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Meaning of gyne | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.
  2. gynecologist
    informal
  3. gynecomastia
    informal, uncountable

Examples

“Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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