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

1. An instrument for graphically recording variations of pressure of a fluid; especially, of blood in the vessels of a living animal; a recording manometer; also called kymographion.

Later used more widely; the instrument consists of a cylinder rotated by a clockwork or electric motor, together with a stylus designed to trace on a roll of paper wrapped around the cylinder a curve representing pressure variations or motion communicated to the stylus.

2. In radiology, an apparatus for recording the movement of the heart or other internal organs by moving an X-ray plate or film past one or more slits in a screen placed between it and the subject, so that movement of the organ in a direction parallel to a slit is recorded as a curve separating differently exposed portions of the radiograph.

A device for recording the movement of the heart or other types of motion on a single x-ray film.

1. A procedure for recording variations in motion or pressure; such as, of blood, consisting typically of a stylus and a rotating drum.
2. An instrument for tracing outlines of projections, profiles, etc.

An instrument for recording the movements of the lips in speaking.

An instrument for making a tracing of the movements of the vocal folds.

1. A radiographic diagnostic study of the heart in which valves and vessels on the left side are examined via x-ray and fluoroscopy following the introduction of a contrast media.
2. Examination of the left side of the heart and associated blood vessels using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance.

A graphical depiction of a single word.

A person who writes or compiles a dictionary.

The act, process, art, or work of writing or compiling a dictionary or dictionaries.

A reference to the the writing, or compilation of, a lexicon or dictionary.

A reference to the writing or compilation of dictionaries.

1. The writing, or compilation, of a lexicon or a dictionary.
2. The art or practice of writing or compiling dictionaries.

A reference to the art, or practice, of defining words; or the definitions of words.

1. A system of writing in which each character stands for a word.
2. The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
3. Sometimes the art of defining words or compiling lexicons.

1. Radiography of the spleen.
2. A written description of the spleen.