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.
drosograph
A description of fruit flies.
dynamograph
1. A device for automatically registering muscular power.
2. An instrument for recording the degree of muscular force.
dynamography
An instrument for recording the amount of force exerted or (in medicine) the degree of muscular power.
dysantigraphia
A form of agraphia in which the subject is unable to copy written or printed letters.
dyscheirography, dyschirography
A handwriting disorder which usually reflects a mental or physical disease.
dysgraphia, dysgraphic
1. The inability to write coherently (as a manifestation of brain damage).
2. Writer's cramp.
3. In children, difficulty in learning to write.
ecclesiography, ecclesiograph
A descriptive treatise about churches.
echocardiograph
An ultrasound device used to examine the working heart and display moving images of its action.
echocardiography
The use of ultrasound in the investigation of the heart and great vessels and diagnosis of cardiovascular lesions.
echoencephalograph
An instrument that in a painless and noninvasive manner uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves to create a detailed visual image of the brain.
echoencephalography
The process whereby an instrument is used in a painless and noninvasive manner that uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves to create a detailed visual image of the brain.
echograph
1. A device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
2. A similar device used in ultrasonography to examine internal body structures or to monitor fetal development.
echographer
A person who performs and interprets ultrasonographic examinations.
echographia
A form of agraphia in which a person cannot write spontaneously, but can write from dictation or from a copy.
echographic
A reference to aphasia in which the patient cannot express his/her thoughts in writing but who can copy a written or printed script.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.
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