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.
agitographia
1. A condition in which someone writes with great rapidity, leaving out words or parts of words.
2. Writing with excessive rapidity, with unconscious ommision of words and syllables.
agitography
1. In medicine, a condition in which one writes with great rapidity, leaving out words or parts of words.
2. Hasty writing, with unconscious omission of words, syllables, or letters frequently associated with agitophasia.
agrapha
Sayings attributed to Jesus Christ not recorded in the Bible but found in other early Christian writings; literally, “no writing”.
agraphesthesia
The inability to recognize letters or numbers drawn by the examiner on the skin.
The patients’ eyes are closed if this is done on the skin area that is visible to them.
agraphia
1. Loss of the ability to write, resulting from neurological damage such as a brain lesion. Also: logagraphia.
2. Inability to write properly in the absence of abnormalities of the limb; often accompanies aphasia and alexia; caused by lesions in various portions of the cerebrum, especially those in or near the angular gyrus. Also: anorthogrphy.
agraphic
1. A reference to a disorder marked by the inability to write.
2. A loss of the power, or the inability, to communicate (ideas) in writing, and thus a subdivision of aphasia.
agraphobia
A fear of sexual abuse.
agraphognosia
The inability to identify numbers or letters traced on the palm (or other parts of the body surface).
agrostographer
Someone who writes about grasses.
agrostographic, agrostographical
A reference to a written description of grasses.
agrostography
Description of grasses.
airgraph, Airgraph
A form of airmail registered by Kodak Ltd., in which the correspondent’s letter is photographed on a reduced scale; a letter so transmitted.
algraphy, algraphic
The art or process of printing from aluminium plates.
allograph
1. Something, especially a signature, written by one person on another’s behalf.
2. A letter or combination of letters that is one of a set that can be used to represent the same speech sound (phoneme); such as, “s”, “ss”, and “c” in English.
allographic
A descriptive reference to something, especially a signature, written by one person on another’s behalf.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.
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