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.


ergoesthesiograph
An instrument for recording the amount of work done during muscular activity.

Also known as ergometer or ergograph.

ergograph
An instrument for recording the amount of work done during muscular activity.
ergographic
A reference to an instrument for recording the amount of work done by muscular contractions, or the amplitude of contraction.
ergographics
The science of using an instrument for registering on a moving drum the movement of a ginger or a contracting muscle in doing work.

This kind of study is used as an index of mental excitement, fatigue, etc.

erotographomania
1. An obsession to write love letters or to write erotic or pornographic literature.
2. An abnormal interest in erotic literature.
3. In psychiatry, a morbid impulse to write love letters.

The letters are generally written anonymously.

esophagography
1. Radiography of the esophagus using swallowed or injected radiopaque contrast media.
2. Roentgenography of the esophagus while or immediately after a patient swallows a positive contrast medium; such as, barium sulfate suspended in water.
3. The technique of obtaining an esophagogram.
esthesiography
1. A description of the organs of sense and of the mechanism of sensation.
2. Mapping out on the skin the areas of tactile (touch) and other forms of sensibility.
ethnogeography
The scientific study of the georaphic distribution of races, peoples, or cultural groups and their adaptations and relations to the environments in which they live.
ethnographer, ethnographist
A specialist in ethnography.
ethnographic
A reference to ethnography or the scientific description of nations or races of mankind.
ethnographical
A descriptive reference to ethnography.
ethnography
1. The scientific description of nations or races of men, with their customs, habits, and points of difference.
2. The description and classification of human racial groups.
3. The descriptive study of ethnic groups or of a particular ethnic group.
4. An anthropological description of a particular community or society.
5. The comprehensive, descriptive study of a particular culture, usually the result of observation and in-depth interviews with key informants during fieldwork.

Data are gathered by direct observation during a period of residence with the group.

ethnotechnography
Technography or the study of the geographical distribution of technological processes of arts and crafts; such as, weaving, ceramics, etc.
ethograph
1. The description of the morals and characteristics of mankind.
2. A pictorial inventory of the repertoire of behavior patterns shown by the members of a species.
ethography, ethographic
The description of the morals and characteristics of mankind.

Related "writing" word units: glypto-; gram-; scrib-, script-.


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