Medical terms starting with G

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• -gen, -genicProducing, causing, or origin.
• -gramA record or picture produced by a test.
• -graph, -graphyProcess of recording or making an image; -graph can also name the recording instrument.
• galactosemiaAn inherited disorder in which the body cannot process galactose, a sugar from milk lactose; affected infants need a…
• gaugeThe number for a needle's bore: the higher the gauge, the thinner the needle. A 21-gauge needle is typical for routine…
• gender identityA person's inner sense of their own gender, which may differ from the sex recorded at birth; ask the patient's name…
• gluc/o, glyc/oGlucose or sugar.
• glucose challenge testPregnancy screening step: the patient, not fasting, drinks a glucose solution and blood is drawn 1 hour later; a high…
• glucose tolerance testFasting blood draw, then a measured glucose drink (usually 75 g), then more draws on schedule over up to 3 hours to…
• glycolytic inhibitorAdditive, most often sodium fluoride in gray-top tubes, that keeps cells from consuming glucose after collection, so…