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Biological and Medical Suffixes F-G
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LIST OF SUFFIXES:
-facient [from Latin facere to do, make, create, cause] Making, causing (immunifacient, somnifacient).
-fer [from Latin ferre to bring, bear, produce] One that bears, carries, or produces (conifer). -ferous [from Latin ferre to bring, bear, produce] Bearing, carrying, or producing the thing indicated by the root or prefix (branchiferous, papuliferous).
-fibular [from Latin fibula clasp, brooch] Of or pertaining to the fibula (talofibular). -form [from Latin forma form, shape, model] Shaped (bacilliform).
-fuge [from Latin fugere put to flight, chase or drive away] To drive away from or drive out (centrifuge). -gam [from Greek gamia marriage] Plant belonging to a group with a particular mode of reproduction (cytogam).
-gen [from Greek gennan to produce] (1) one that generates or produces (hydrogen, pathogen); (2) one that is generated or produced (parthenogen).
-gene [from Greek gennan to produce] Gene (oncogene). -genesis or -geny [from Greek gennan to produce] Production, origin, formation (lysogeny, parthenogenesis).
-genetic or -genic [from Greek gennan to produce] Producing, originating (pathogenic, parthenogenetic).  |
-glossa [from Greek glossa tongue] Having the type of tongue indicated by the root or prefix (Toxoglossa).
-gnath [from Greek genys jaw, cheek] Denotes jaw (chaetognath). -gnosis Denotes knowledge (prognosis).
-gog or -gogue [from Greek agogos leading] To drive, to make flow, to elicit (galactagogue, ptyalagogue).
-gram Tracing, mark, drawing, writing, or record of the type indicated by the root or prefix (electrocardiogram).
-graph [from Greek graphos written] Denotes a record, writing, or representation of the thing or in the way indicated by the stem or prefix (pneograph).
-graphy [from Greek graphos written] Denotes a process of writing or recording (adenography).
-gyn [from Greek gyne woman] Plant having the number or type of pistils indicated by the stem or prefix (androgyn).
-gyne [from Greek gyne woman] (1) a woman of the sort indicated by the stem or prefix (androgyne); (2) one having female reproductive organs of the sort indicated by the stem or prefix (Homogyne alpina).
-gynous [from Greek gyne woman] Pertaining to women or females (tetragynous).
-gyny [from Greek gyne woman] Having females; having female organs, esp. pistils (polygyny). |
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