Medical Terminology Letter G

 

TERMMEANING
galact/omilk
galvano-direct electric current
gamet/ogamete
gam/omarriage, sexual union
gangli/o, ganglion/oganglion
gastr/ostomach
gel/oto freeze, congeal
gemell/otwins
-genesisproduction, formation
-gen, gen/oproducing, generating
-genicproduced by, forming
geni/ochin
genit/oreproduction
ge/oearth, soil
ger/o, geront/oaged, old age
gest/o, gestat/oto bear
-geusiataste
giga-billion (10⁹)
gigant/ohuge
gingiv/ogums
glauc/ogray, bluish green
gli/oglue, neuroglia
-globinprotein
glomerul/oglomerulus
gloss/otongue
gloss/otongue
gluc/oglucose, sugar
gluc/oglucose, sugar
glyc/oglucose, sugar
gnath/ojaw
gnos/oknowledge
gonad/ogonads
goni/oangle
gon/ogenitals, semen
-gradestep
-gramwritten record
granul/ogranules
-graphinstrument for recording
graph/owriting
-graphyprocess of recording
-gravidapregnant woman
gravid/opregnancy
gustat/o, gust/otaste
gynec/owoman, female
gyr/ocircle, spiral