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Medical Terminology Letter G
| TERM | MEANING |
| galact/o | milk |
| galvano- | direct electric current |
| gamet/o | gamete |
| gam/o | marriage, sexual union |
| gangli/o, ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gel/o | to freeze, congeal |
| gemell/o | twins |
| -genesis | production, formation |
| -gen, gen/o | producing, generating |
| -genic | produced by, forming |
| geni/o | chin |
| genit/ore | production |
| ge/o | earth, soil |
| ger/o, geront/o | aged, old age |
| gest/o, gestat/o | to bear |
| -geusia | taste |
| giga- | billion (10⁹) |
| gigant/o | huge |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glauc/o | gray, bluish green |
| gli/o | glue, neuroglia |
| -globin | protein |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose, sugar |
| gluc/o | glucose, sugar |
| glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gonad/o | gonads |
| goni/o | angle |
| gon/o | genitals, semen |
| -grade | step |
| -gram | written record |
| granul/o | granules |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| graph/o | writing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| gravid/o | pregnancy |
| gustat/o, gust/o | taste |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| gyr/o | circle, spiral |
