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similarly-shaped structure (bot.} ; 

 a muscle of the scalp (anat.} ; the 

 outer division of the endopodite of 

 the first maxillae of insects (zool.}. 



galeate (gal'eat) a. [L. galea, helmet.] 

 Helmet-shaped (hot.}. 



gall(g61). [A.S.^//a,gall.] Bile, 

 the secretion of the liver (phys.} ; 

 any excrescence on plants caused 

 by disease (hot.). 



gall-bladder, a small pear-shaped 

 or spherical sac which stores the 

 bile (anat.}. 



galvanotaxis (gal'vanotak'sis) n. [It. 

 Galvani, physiologist.] Response or 

 reaction to electrical stimulus (phys.}. 



galvanotropism (garvanot'ropizm) n. 

 [It. Gal-vani, physiologist ; Gk. 

 trope, a turning.] Galvanotaxis. 



gametal (game'tal) a. [Gk. gametes, 

 spouse.] Pert, a gamete ; repro- 

 ductive (biol.}. 



gametangium (gam'etan'jlum) . 

 [Gk. gametes, spouse ; anggeion, 

 vessel.] A structure producing 

 sexual cells (hot.}. 



gametes (garnets') n. plu. [Gk. 

 gametes, spouse.] Cells derived 

 from gametocytes which conjugate 

 and form zygotes (zool.} ; sexual 

 cells (biol.}. 



gametlc (gamet'ik) a. [Gk. gametes, 

 spouse.] Pert, gamete (biol.}. 



gametids (game'tidz) n. plu. [Gk. 

 gametes, spouse.] Primary sporo- 

 blasts destined to become gametes 

 (zool.}. 



gametocyte (game'tosit) n. [Gk. 

 gametes, spouse ; kytos, hollow.] 

 The mother-cell of a gamete (zool.}. 



gametogenesis (game'tqjen'e'sis) . 

 [Gk. gametes, spouse ; genesis, 

 birth.] Gamete formation (biol.}. 



gametogeny (gam'etoj'enT) n. [Gk. 

 gametes, spouse ; genos, birth.] 

 Gametogenesis. 



gametogonlum (game'togo'nium) . 

 [Gk. gametes, spouse ; gonos, off- 

 spring.] A cell producing a gamete, 

 a gametocyte (bot.}. 



gametophore (game'tofor) n. [Gk. 

 gametes, spouse ; pherein, to bear.] 

 A special part of a gametophyte on 

 which gametangia are borne (bot.}. 



gametophyll (game'tofll) n. [Gk. 

 gametes, spouse ; phyllon, leaf.] A 

 modified leaf bearing sexual organs; 



a micro- or macro - sporophyll 

 (bot.}. 



gametophyte (game'toflt) n. [Gk. 

 gametes, spouse ; phyton, plant.] 

 The gamete-forming phase in 

 alternation of plant generations ; 

 the sexual generation of plants ; cf. 

 sporophyte (bot.}. 



gamic (gam'ik) a. [Gk. ganws, 

 marriage.] Fertilized (biol.}. 



gamobium (gamo'bium) n. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; bios, life.] The 

 sexual or medusoid generation in 

 hydrozoan colonies (zool.}. 



gamodesmic (garn'odeVmik) a. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; desma, bond.] 

 Having the vascular bundles fused 

 together instead of separated by 

 connective tissue (bot.}. 



gamogastrous (gam'ogas'trus) a. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; gaster, belly.] 

 Appl. a pistil formed by union of 

 ovaries, but with styles and stig- 

 mata free (bot.}. 



gamogenesis (gam'ojen'esTs) n. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; genesis^ descent.] 

 Sexual reproduction (biol.}. 



gamogenetic (gam'qjeneYik) a. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; genesis, descent.] 

 Reproduced from union of sex 

 elements ; sexual (biol.}. 



gamogony (gamog'onT) n. [Gk. gamos, 

 marriage ; gone, descent.] Sporo- 

 gony in Protozoa (zool.}. 



gamont (gamont') . \G\a. gamos, mur- 

 riage;ons, a being.] A sporont (zool.}. 



gamopetalous (gam'opeYalus) a. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; petalon, petal.] 

 With coherent petals ; mono- 

 petalous (bot.}. 



gamophyllous (gain'oftl'iis) a. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; phyllon, leaf.] 

 With united perianth leaves; mono- 

 phyllous (bot.}. 



gamosepalous (gam'bsep'alus) a. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; sepalon, sepal.] 

 With coherent sepals ; monosep- 

 alous (bot.}. 



gamostele (gam'ostel') n. \G\i.gamos, 

 marriage ; stele, pillar.] A stele 

 formed from the fusion of several 

 steles (bot.}. 



gamostelic (gam'dste'llk) a. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; stele, pillar.] 

 Appl. the condition in which the 

 steles of a polystelic stem are 

 fused together (bot.}. 



