grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia +

1. The art of engraving upon gems.
2. The descriptive science of engraved gems.

The recording of the action of the masticatory apparatus (chewing food in preparation for swallowing and digestion) while in operation.

An Italian word meaning, “anything written or drawn on rocks or walls so as to be seen by the public”.

This is the plural of Italian graffito, “an inscription scratched on rocks or walls or on artifacts made of plaster, stone, or clay”.

Many writers agree that graffito came from Greek graphein, “to scratch”.

1. A kind of symbolic diagram (used in chemistry, mathematics, etc.) in which a system of connexions is expressed by spots or circles, some pairs of which are colligated by one or more lines. Also, occasionally the system expressed by one of these diagrams.
2. In medicine, a line or tracing denoting varying values of commodities, temperatures, urinary output, etc.; more generally, any geometric or pictorial representation of measurements that might otherwise be expressed in tabular form.
3. An apparatus of the nature of the chromograph, hectograph, etc., for taking copies of writing by pressing it on a gelatinous surface.
4. In philology, a visual symbol representing a phoneme or a segment or feature of speech; especially, a letter, or one of its occurrent forms, or a combination of letters.

The reading of character or personality from a person’s handwriting.

One who specializes in character reading or analysis of peoples’ handwriting.

1. In psychiatry, a disturbance of graphesthesia (a function of the dominant parietal lobe), consisting of the inability to recognize letters that are traced one at a time on the palm of the hand while the subject's eyes are closed.
2. In medicine, tactual inability to recognize figures or letters written on the skin which may be due to spinal cord or brain disease.

1. Any of a set of written symbols, letters, or combinations of letters that represent the same sound, e.g. “f” in fat, “ph” in photo, and “gh” in tough.
2. A written symbol that is used to represent speech.

In linguistics, the study of systems of writing and their relationship to the systems of the languages they represent.

The sense by which figures or numbers are recognized when written on the skin with a dull-pointed object.

A term, coined on analogy with phonetics, is the study of the physical properties of the symbols that constitute writing systems. A scribe is pointing to family units related to writing.

1. Of or pertaining to drawing or painting; as in, graphic arts. The fine arts of drawing, painting, engraving, etching, etc.; also, the techniques of production and design involved in printing and publishing.
2. Pertaining to the use of diagrams, linear figures, or symbolic curves.
3. Graphics, design and decoration that involves typographic elements; the production of pictures, diagrams, etc., in association with text.
4. An example of the graphic arts or of graphic design; also, a diagram, pattern, picture, etc., produced by means of a computer.
5. Including a number of vivid descriptive details, especially exciting or unpleasant ones.
6. Representing something such as a sound by means of letters or other written symbols. “Moo”, “woof”, and “meow” are graphic representations of the sounds made by cows, dogs, and cats respectively.

The ability to use and to understand such things as symbols, diagrams, plans, and maps.

1. Something written or drawn or engraved.
2. Relating to, or presented by, a graph.
3. Describing something with accuracy.

1. The presentation of information in the form of diagrams and illustrations as opposed to words and numbers.
2. The art and science of storing, manipulating, and displaying computer data in the form of pictures, diagrams, graphs, or symbols.
3. The science of drawing something in accordance with mathematical principles, e.g., in architecture and engineering.