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

A mathematical instrument, used for measuring angles in surveying; otherwise called a semi-circle. Also, a goniometer used in crystallography.

1. Relating to the movements used in writing.
2. Describing, pertaining to, or affecting the movements used in writing.

Someone who interprets personality disorders from the study of handwriting.

1. In psychology, the study of handwriting as a symptom of mental or emotional disorder.
2. Interpretation of personality disorders from a study of handwriting.

1. A pathological fear of writing, a common form of which is severe anxiety or tremulousness if forced to sign one's name while being observed by others.
2. An aversion to writing or a morbid fear of having to write, especially hand writing.

This may be a result of a fear of criticism of one's handwriting and misspellings; as well as, a fear of committing ideas to paper for others to see.

1. A trademark name used for a phonograph that uses wax records.
2. The name of one of the instruments for recording and reproducing sound.

1. An inordinate, uncontrolled, senseless writing, whose purpose seems to be to fill pages rather than to record or transmit a message.
2. Writing in excessive amounts, sometimes incoherently associated with a schizophrenic disorder.
3. Extreme wordiness in writing.

An apparatus containing a magnifying lens arranged for viewing engravings, photographs, etc.

1. Writer’s cramp.
2. Muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil.

A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting.

Similar focal dystonias have also been called typist's cramp, pianist's cramp, musician's cramp, golfer's cramp, and computer cramp.

A form of divination involving the examination of a person’s handwriting.

Radiography of the female genital organs using air or other gas injected intraperitoneally as a contrast medium.

The art or practice of engraving on gypsum or on plaster of Paris.

An instrument for recording revolutions or whirling rotations.

The third, or last, of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually consisting of the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. Also called the Writings.

A reference to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.

Hagiographa refers to the last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets.

It consists of the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Chronicles.