Gyne
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gyne is a noun meaning The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.
Meaning
The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.
More Meanings
- (informal) gynecologist
- (informal) gynecomastia
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- gynes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include queen, pseudogyne, macrogyne, gynopara, monogyny, drone.
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