Cross-Reference Groups: ga-iz

From time to time, new units are added to this Cross-reference
group that have been “completed”; that is, with as many definitions
as can be found or with a significant number of examples.

galeo-, galea-, galeat-, galei-, galer– (Latin:
helmet, helmet shaped, to cover with a helmet; cap).

galeo-, gale– (Greek: shark).

gato– (Latin [cattus] > Spanish: cat).

gehenna– (Hebrew > Greek > Latin: hell).

gemin– (Latin: twin; double).

gero-, geri-, ger-, geronto-, geront– (Greek:
old age, old man, old people).

geus-, geuma-, –geusia, –geusic, –geustia (Greek:
taste).

gibb-, gibbo-, gibboso- (Latin: hump, humpbacked).

glaci– (Latin: ice).

glutto-, glutt– (Latin: to swallow, gulp down).

glypto-, glypt-, –glypha, –glyph, –glyphic, –glyphous
(Greek: carve, carving, engraving; to hollow out).

gonado-, gonad– (Latin: ovary or testis; based on Greek gonos,
“seed” and gone, “that which generates; origination; seed;
semen”).

gram-, –gram-, –grammatic, –grammatical, –grammatically,
gramme, –grammic (Greek: write, that which is written, a letter,
a written record).

grapho-, graph-, –graph, –graphy, –grapher, –graphia
(Greek: to scratch; write, record, draw, describe).

gymno-, gymn– (Greek: naked, nude, uncovered, bare, exposed, unclad,
disrobed, undressed).

gyno-, gyn-, gynaeco-, gyneco-, gyne-, –gynia,
gynic, gynec-, gynist, –gynous, –gyny
(Greek: woman, female).

hades (Greek: the lower world [originally, invisible, to make invisible];
sometimes used to mean hell).

hapto-, hapt-, –hapte (Greek: touch, fasten, contact, seizure;
binding, attaching).

hebdoma– (Greek: seventh).

hebe-, heb– (Greek: youth, pubescence, puberty [the period during
which the secondary sex characteristics begin to develop and the capability of sexual
reproduction is attained; by extension, young man]).

her-, –hes– (Latin: stick to, cling to, cleave to).

hernio-, herni– (Latin: protruded viscus; rupture; in the sense of
“protrusion of tissue or part of an organ through an abnormal opening in the
surrounding walls”).

hetero-, heter– (Greek: different, other, another, unlike; used as
a prefix).

homo-, hom– (Greek: same, equal, like, similar, common; one and the
same).

homo-, hom-, hum– (Latin: human beings, mankind, man).

horo– (Greek: hour, period of time, season, time).

hubris– (Greek: wanton violence, riotousness, insolence; outrage; arrogance).

iatro-, iater-, -iatria, -iatric, -iatrician, -iatrics, -iatry (Greek: physician;
heal, cure, treat; medical healing).

ichthyo-, ichthy-, –ichth– (Greek: fish).

idio-, idi– (Greek: peculiar, one’s own, personal, private; of
or pertaining to one’s self; distinct, separate, alone).

ign-, igni-, ignis– (Latin: fire, burn).

iso-, is– (Greek: equal; by extension: same, similar, alike; used
as a prefix).

integ– (Latin: whole, complete).

ithyo-, ithy– (Greek: straight).

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