Dictionary

Word parts

Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-genA word ending that means something that produces or causes, or a beginning or origin.

-gramA word ending that means a record or picture made by a test.

-graphA word ending that means an instrument that records, or the record it makes.

-graphyA word ending that means the process of recording or making an image.

gastr/oA word part that means stomach.

gingiv/oA word part that means the gums.

gli/oA word root that means glue, used for the glial cells that support nerve cells.

glomerul/oA word root that means glomerulus, the tiny ball of capillaries in the kidney that filters the blood.

gloss/oA word part that means tongue.

gluc/oA word root that means sugar or glucose; glyc/o means the same.

gravid/oA word root that means pregnancy or pregnant.

gynec/oA word part that means woman or female.