grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia +
(Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described)
As indicated at the bottom of this page, there are at least 1,140 graphic word groups in this unit. Such an extensive listing is provided to show how significant the grapho- element is to the English language.
calligrapher, calligraphist
1. Writing with beautiful penmanship.
2. Someone who is skilled in the art of beautiful or fine handwriting or penmanship.
A calligrapher is copying calligraphy from one calligraphic book to another one.
calligraphic
1. The art of fine or beautiful handwriting.
2. Works in fine or beautiful handwriting considered as a group.
calligraphical
1. A reference to calligraphy.
2. Of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy.
calligraphy
1. The art of fine or beautiful penmanship or handwriting.
2. Good handwriting skills.
3. A script of high aesthetic value produced by a brush, especially that of Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic origin.
4. Works produced in beautiful handwriting that are considered as a group.
capnograph
1. An instrument by which a continuous graph of the carbon dioxide content of expired air is obtained.
2. A system for monitoring the concentration of exhaled carbon dioxide, consisting of a sensor placed in the breathing circuit or a tube that carries part of the exhaled gases to the analyzing device, a mass spectrometer or an infrared spectrometer, and devices to provide continuous visual (cathode ray tube) and graphic (printer) displays.
capnography
Monitoring of the concentration of exhaled carbon dioxide in order to assess the physiologic status of patients with acute respiratory problems or who are receiving mechanical ventilation and to determine the adequacy of ventilation in anesthetized patients.
capnohepatography
Radiography of the liver containing gas in its vascular tributaries after the intravenous administration of carbon dioxide.
cardiograph
An instrument for recording heart activity, used in the diagnosis of heart disorders.
cardiographic
1. A reference to an instrument for recording some element of the heart beat.
2. Descriptive of an instrument used to record the mechanical movements of the heart.
cardiography
The analysis of cardiac actions by instrumental means; especially, by tracings which record its movements.
cardiokymograph, cardiokymogrphy
Noninvasive device, placed on the chest, capable of recording anterior left ventricle segmental wall motion; consists of a five-cm diameter capacitive plate transducer as part of a high frequency, low-power oscillator with recording probe; changes in wall motion affect the magnetic field and thus the oscillatory frequency which is then recorded on a multichannel analog waveform polygraph.
cardiopneumograph
An apparatus for registering cardiopneumatic movements.
cardiopneumographic
A reference to bodily events in which both the cardiovascular and the pulmonary systems participate and are graphically recorded.
cardiosphygmograph
An instrument for recording graphically the movements of the heart and the radial pulse.
cartographer
One who makes or compiles charts or maps.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.