gram-, -gram-, -gram, -grammatic, -grammatical, -grammatically, -gramme, -grammic +
(Greek: write, writing, something written, a written record, a recording; letters; words; later, a small weight, a unit of mass in the metric system)
A unit of weight in the metric system from 1797 gramme, borrowing of French gramme, from Late Latin gramma, "small weight"; from Greek gramma, "small weight"; originally, "something written"; from the stem of graphein, "to draw, to write".
trigram
An inscription of three letters.
tympanogram
The printout of an impedance bridge showing the stiffness or the compliance of the middle-ear structures as it varies with changes in pressure within the external ear canal.
typogram
A record from a machine that sets type or casts lines of type and sets them.
ultirole programmable device
In robotics, a device with a programmable memory that can store data for positioning and sequencing the movements of a robot.
unipolar electrocardiogram
1. An electrocardiogram taken with the exploring electrode placed on the chest over the heart or upon a single limb, the indifferent ("zero" potential) electrode being the central terminal.
2. An electrocardiogram that shows the potential detected by a single electrode.
2. An electrocardiogram that shows the potential detected by a single electrode.
In practice, this is obtained by using an exploring electrode and a second electrode; such as, a central terminal that is assumed to have zero potential.
ureterogram
A radiography of the ureter (either of the long, narrow tubes conveying the urine from the pelvis of each kidney to the urinary bladder) after the injection of a radiopague substance, usually through a ureteral catheter.
urethrogram
A radiographic visualization of the urethra (canal through which the urine is discharged) by the use of a contrast medium.
urinogram
A record of urinary elimination in graphic form.
urogram
1. An x-ray picture of the urinary tract or a part of it.
2. A radiograph, or radiographic visualization, of the urinary tract made after intravenous or retrograde injection of an opaque contrast medium.
2. A radiograph, or radiographic visualization, of the urinary tract made after intravenous or retrograde injection of an opaque contrast medium.
vaginogram
A radiogram of the vagina.
vectocardiogram
The record, usually a photograph, of the loop formed on the oscilloscope in vectorcardiography, the inscribed loop representing the ends of the instantaneous vectors.
venogram
A radiogram of a vein after injection of a contrast medium.
vesiculogram
A radiograph of the seminal vesicles.
vibrocardiogram
The graphic record of the vibrations of the heart as recorded on the chest wall.
videogram
1. A prerecorded video recording.
2. A commercial video film or disc.
2. A commercial video film or disc.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
graph-;
scrib-, script-.

