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Index to letter G

galacto-

Milk; galactose.

Gallo-

France or French; French and …

galvano-

Electric current.

gamo-

Marriage or union, fertilization or reproduction.

-gamy

Marriage, fertilization or reproduction.

ganglio-

Ganglion.

gastro-

The stomach; feeding.

-gate

A scandal, especially a political one.

-gen

Generation or creation.

geo-

The Earth.

Germano-

German or Germany.

geronto-

Old age or old people.

-gerous

Bearing some specified thing.

-geusia

The sense of taste.

giga-

In units of measurement, a factor of one thousand million or 109. In computing, often a factor of 230 (1,073,741,824).

giganto-

Great size or extent.

gingivo-

The gums.

glacio-

Glaciers.

glio-

The glia.

-globin

A globin compound.

-glossia

Speech or language.

glosso-

The tongue; speech or language.

-glot

Language.

glut-

Gluten.

gluteo-

The buttocks.

glyco-

Sugar.

gnatho-

The jaw.

-gnomy

Knowledge.

-gnosis

Knowledge; recognition.

-gon

A plane figure with a specified number of straight sides.

gonio-

Angle.

-gonium

Organs of reproduction.

gono-

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.

grapho-

Writing; the production of images.

-graphy

Writing; the production of images; descriptive sciences or studies.

gravi-

Weight; gravity.

gymno-

Bare or naked.

gynaeco-

Female; relating to women.

-gynous

Having female characteristics.

gyro-

Rotation.

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