-gamy

noun combining form

Definition of -GAMY

: marriage <exogamy>

: union for propagation or reproduction <allogamy>

: possession of (such) reproductive organs or (such) a mode of fertilization <cleistogamy>

Middle English -gamie, from Late Latin -gamia, from Greek, from gamein to marry

Medical Dictionary

noun combining form -g·a·my \gə-mē\

plural -g·a·mies

: marriage <monogamy>

: possession of (such) gametes or reproductive organs or (such) a mode of fertilization <heterogamy>

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