-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.