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Medical Word Parts - Letter: g
| Term | Definition |
| galact/o | milk |
| gam- | marriage, sexual union |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ge/o | soil |
| gel/o | to freeze, congeal |
| gemell/o | twins |
| gemin- | double, twin |
| -gen | producing, origin |
| gen/o | to become, being born, producing |
| -genesis | formation, development |
| geni/o | chin |
| -genic | producing, origin |
| genit/o | reproduction |
| ger/o | old age |
| gest/o | to bear |
| giga- | billion |
| gigant/o | huge |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gli/o | glue-like |
| -globin | containing protein |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluco- | relating to glucose |
| glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
| gnath- | jaw, cheek |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gon- | seed, genital |
| gonad/o | sex glands |
| goni/o | angle |
| -grade | step, degree in a scale |
| -gram | recording, metric unit of weight |
| granul/o | small grain |
| -graph | instrument that records |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gravid/o | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| gyno- | woman |
| gyr- | ring, circle |