-gamy


a combining form with the meanings “marriage,” “union,” “fertilization, pollination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: exogamy; plastogamy; allogamy; also forming nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -gamous: heterogamy.

Origin of -gamy

combining form representing Greek -gamía act of marrying

Words nearby -gamy

British Dictionary definitions for -gamy

-gamy

n combining form

denoting marriage or sexual union bigamy

Word Origin for -gamy

from Greek -gamia, from gamos marriage

Medical definitions for -gamy

-gamy

suff.

Marriage; mate:monogamy.
Procreative or propagative union:heterogamy.