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-gamy

 
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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:
comb. form repr. Gk -gamía act of marrying
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-gamy  
suff.  

  1. Marriage: exogamy.

  2. Procreative or propagative union: allogamy.

  3. The possession of a specified manner of fertilization or specified reproductive organs: apogamy.


[Greek -gamiā, from gamos, marriage; see gemə- in Indo-European roots.]
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-gamy suff.

  1. Marriage; mate: monogamy.

  2. Procreative or propagative union: heterogamy.

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