Category: G

  • Geo-atmosphere

    Atmosphere of the soil.  

  • Gentle birth

    As advocated by French obstetrician, LeBoyer, childbirth in which the alert and responsive infant is born into a dimly lit, quiet room, allowed to lie on its mother’s abdomen until the umbilical cord stops pulsing, and then is bathed calmly in a warm bath is thought to make neonates calmer and more alert than traditional…

  • Genoid

    DNA carrying cytoplasmic particle.  

  • Genocide

    The extermination of an entire ethnic group. The willful and planned murder of a particular social or ethnic group.  

  • Genius

    A person of extremely high intellectual ability, who has made or is considered likely to make a significant contribution in one or more fields; often considered to be someone with an IQ of 140 or over, despite the lack of reliability of intelligence tests. A child whose IQ is in the “genius” range is usually…

  • Genitourinary tract

    The anatomical structures of the male that are related to urinary excretion and sexual reproduction. This consists of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra and, in the male, also the genital organs.  

  • Genital warts

    Sexually transmitted lesions that may appear in the cervix, vulva urethra or rectum. A wart in the genital or anal area, caused by a sexually transmitted virus. Groups of growths in the genital area caused by infection with one or more of the human papillomaviruses (HPVs); a kind of sexually transmitted disease that needs to…

  • Genital tubercle

    Undifferentiated tissue within the embryo from which the penis or clitoris develops. The embryonic structure that becomes the clitoris or the penis.  

  • Genital system

    The system of the body including all the organs concerned with reproduction.  

  • Genital stimulation

    Fondling of the sex organs: masturbation.