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.
spectroheliograph
1. An instrument for taking photographs (spectroheliograms) of an image of the sun in monochromatic light or over a narrow band of wavelengths.
2. An apparatus for making photographs of the sun with a monochromatic light to show the details of the sun's surface and surroundings as they would appear if the sun emitted only that light.
speleograph
A description of caves and cave life.
speleography
1. A description of caves including their physical, geological, and biological aspects.
2. A discourse of detailed topographic and thematic cave-mapping.
sphenography, sphenograph, sphenographic
The art of writing and deciphering cuneiform characters.
sphygmocardiograph
A polygraph recording both the heartbeat and the radial pulse.
sphygmochronograph
A modified sphygmograph that represents graphically the time relations between the beat of the heart and the pulse; one recording the character of the pulse as well as its rapidity.
sphygmochronography
The registration of the time intervals of the pulse waves.
sphygmograph
1. An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse.
2. An apparatus used to make a graphical record of variations in blood pressure and the pulse.
sphygmography
1. The description of the pulse wave and the variations in blood pressure.
2. Recording the arterial pulse by use of a polygraph.
3. A description of the pulse and its pathological variations.
sphygmotonograph
1. An instrument for recording graphically both the pulse and the blood pressure.
2. An instrument that records pulsations from an inflatable rubber cuff.
spirograph
A device for representing graphically the depth and rapidity of respiratory movements.
spirography
1. The graphic measurement of breathing, including breathing movements and breathing capacity.
2. A recorded tracings of the movements of the chest during respiration.
splenography
1. A radiographic depiction of the spleen usually after some contrast medium injection.
2. A description of the spleen.
spodography
1. The incineration of a very small amount of tissue and the subsequent examination of the remaining ash to identify the mineral content of cells and tissues.
2. The microincineration of a cell or tissue section for the study of the distribution of nonvolatile mineral ash.
steganographist
Someone who practices the art of writing in cipher.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.
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