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GRAPHEME

The minimal meaningful unit in the writing system of language. It is usually a letter or fixed combination of letters

GRAY COMMISSURE

Bundle of nerve fibres that surrounds the central canal of the spinal cord and connects the anterior and dorsal horns

GRIEVANCE

1. Feeling of resentment from being unjustly treated. 2. Industrial and organisational psychology. Complaint of an employee that is in

GROUP BOUNDARY

Implicit and explicit standards setting limits on aspects of the group including who can join, expected duties of members and

GROUP IDENTIFICATION

1. Process of identifying with a group that a person imitates its features and objectives. Enhances group pride but reduces

GROUP RISK TAKING

the term used to describe the embarking on a hazardous or uncertain course of action for the group. Group decisions

GROUPTHINK

An agreeing seeking tendency interfering with group decision making. Includes apparent conformity, being invulnerable, moral correctness and biased group perceptions.

GUARANA

the name of a shrub called Paullinia cupana that is indigenous to the Brazilian Amazon.

GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME

the name for an acute and progressive peripheral neuropathy where nerves lose their myelin sheaths. Starts with loss of normal

GUT HORMONE

the term applied to any hormone that is released by the stomach or intestines that is sometimes in a response