Medical Terminology Letter G
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 |
