Etymology

gigantomastia

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Today it means: An extreme form of macromastia, usually with more than 2.5 kilograms of excess tissue. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γιγαντικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγιγαντικός
  2. English todaygigantomastia

From giganto- (“gigantic”) + -mastia (“abnormality of the breast”), from Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”), and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγιγαντικός all →

gigantic

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