Index of letter G
| galact(o)- | Milk; galactose. |
| Gallo- | France or French; French and … |
| galvan(o)- | Electric current. |
| gam(o)- | Marriage or union, fertilization or reproduction. |
| -gamy | Marriage, fertilization or reproduction. |
| ganglio- | Ganglion. |
| gastr(o)- | The stomach; feeding. |
| -gate | A scandal, especially a political one. |
| -gen | Generation or creation. |
| geo- | The Earth. |
| Germano- | German or Germany. |
| geront(o)- | Old age or old people. |
| -gerous | Bearing some specified thing. |
| -geusia | The sense of taste. |
| gibi- | see the entry Words for multiples. |
| giga- | In units of measurement, a factor of one thousand million or 109. In computing, often a factor of 230 (1,073,741,824). |
| gigant(o)- | Great size or extent. |
| gingiv(o)- | The gums. |
| glacio- | Glaciers. |
| glio- | The glia. |
| -globin | A globin compound. |
| -glossia | Speech or language. |
| gloss(o)- | The tongue; speech or language. |
| -glot | Language. |
| glotto- | See glosso- |
| gluco- | See glyco- |
| glut- | Gluten. |
| gluteo- | The buttocks. |
| glyc(o)- | Sugar. |
| gnath(o)- | The jaw. |
| -gnomy | Knowledge. |
| -gnosis | Knowledge; recognition. |
| -gogue | See -agogue |
| -gon | A plane figure with a specified number of straight sides. |
| gon- | See gono- |
| gonado- | See gono- |
| gonio- | Angle. |
| -gonium | Organs of reproduction. |
| gon(o)- | Sexual; reproductive. |
| -gony | Production, genesis or origination. |
| -grade | A division; a method of locomotion. |
| Graeco- | Greece; Greek and … |
| -gram | Something written or recorded in a particular way. |
| grand- | The second degree of parentage or descent. |
| grano- | Granite. |
| granulo- | A granule. |
| graph(o)- | Writing; the production of images. |
| -graphy | Writing; the production of images; descriptive sciences or studies. |
| gravi- | Weight; gravity. |
| great- | See grand- |
| Greco- | See Graeco- |
| gymn(o)- | Bare or naked. |
| gynaeco- | Female; relating to women. |
| -gynous | Having female characteristics. |
| gyro- | Rotation. |
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