The morpheme gest means

• A. Become, produce
• B. Tongue
• C. Carry, produce
• D. Glucose

Answer: (C)

Gest means to carry or bear. In medical terms, this root shows up in ideas of carrying a fetus or bringing something into existence. For example, gestation is the period of carrying a fetus in the womb, and to gestate is to carry and develop offspring until birth. Because of that connection to carrying and bringing forth, the meaning that fits best is “carry, produce”—the sense of carrying something to its outcome or bringing forth offspring. The other options don’t align with this root: they relate to becoming, the tongue, or glucose, none of which connect to gest.