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.
neurography
1. A scientific description of the nerves; descriptive neurology.
2. A name proposed for all the neurograms of an individual, considered collectively.
neuroroentgenography, neuroradiology
Radiology of the nervous system.
noctograph
A writing frame designed for use by blind people.
nomograph
Any graph that represents numerical relationships.
nomographer
A writer of laws; a legislator.
nomographic
A reference to the expression of laws in written form.
nomography
A written presentation about drawing up laws.
nosochthonography
The science concerned with the influence of climatic and environmental conditions on health and disease; also known as, geomedicine.
nosogeography
The geographic distribution of illness, including endemic and epidemic diseases.
nosographer
Someone who keeps written accounts or descriptions of diseases.
nosography, nosographic
1. A written account or description of diseases.
2. The assignment of names to each disease entity in a group that has been classified according to a systematic nosolology.
3. A treatise on pathology or the practice of medicine.
numismatography
The systematic description of coins; the descriptive part of numismatics.
nyctograph
A device invented by Lewis Carroll with which one can record one’s ideas at night, in the dark, or when not fully awake.
oceanograph
A written description of the physical and biological aspects of the oceans, including their chemistry, biology, and geology.
oceanographer
One who studies and writes about the oceans.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.
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