gram-, -gram-, -gram, -grammatic, -grammatical, -grammatically, -gramme, -grammic +

1. A record, or graph, of the acceleration of tremors occurring in an earthquake.
2. A tracing produced by an accelerograph (an apparatus for recording the succession of pressures developed in a power-chamber by the combustion of a charge.

A reflexogram of the Achilles tendon reflex: An achillogram is part of a method of examination regarding an artery that has caused a muscle insufficiency.

The graphic tracing of the curves, delineated in frequencies per second and decibel levels, of sounds produced by motion of a body joint: When applied to a knee joint, an acoustogram will show the sound of the moving semilunar cartilages, the moving contact between the articular surfaces of the femur and tibia, and the circulation of the synovia.

A report or entry of the chemical activity of light made by means of the actinograph; radiograph: When heat comes from the sun, an actinometer records the activity and the information is collected in an actinogram.

An X-ray or a roentgenogram of one or both adrenal glands: An adrenogram is rarely used as a single procedure, but can be a part of an abdominal CT or another kind of abdominal process or method.

An air letter of very lightweight paper: Sandy wanted to send her mother an aerogram which she found out was only one piece of thin paper to be folded forming its own envelope and which could be sent at a low postage rate.

1. A roentgenogram of a part of the body after it has been injected with air: The term aerogram is sometimes used in medicine for the word "pneumogram" or for "bronchogram".
2. A letter designed for airmail consisting of a single sheet of lightweight paper that, once written on, can be folded and sealed to form an envelope; air letter: Jenny used to use aerograms to send letters to her mother, but now she uses emails instead!

The dated term aerogram can also be described as a wireless message.

At one time, it was a telegram and part of its journey was accomplished by an aeroplane (airplane).
3. A message sent "through the air": It used to be that an aerogram was sent by the way of radio!

Ungrammatical speech: Agrammaphasia is a form of aphasia, in which Susan, with this disability, forms words into a sentence without regard for any of the grammatical rules.

Agrammaphasias are usually caused by a cerebral disease that is characterized by an inability to construct a grammatical or intelligible sentence while still having the ability to speak single words.

A form of aphasia characterized by an inability to construct a grammatical sentence, and the use of unintelligible or incorrect words; caused by a lesion in the dominant temporal lobe.

A rarely used term for an unlearned, illiterate person.

1. A transposition of the letters of a word, name, or phrase, whereby a new word or phrase is formed.
2. A word or phrase that contains all the letters of another word or phrase in a different order; for example, "no more stars" is an anagram of "astronomers".

The word "now" is an anagram of "won" and "dread" is an anagram of "adder" (or vice versa in each example). Other interesting anagrams came from William Shakespear: "We all make his praise" and "I ask me has Will a peer?" Samuel Butler had a novel titled, Erewhon, which is an anagram of "Nowhere".

Another famous anagram comes from Pilate's question as seen in the Bible; John 18:38, Quid est veritus? (What is truth?) Vir est qui adest. (It is the man before you.) Pilate is not credited with having arranged this anagram.

The Bible passage merely says, "Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault [crime] at all." The point is, there is no reason to believe that Pilate compiled the anagram!

Related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram (a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase).

To transpose a word by changing it into another word by using a different arrangement of letters: Ann anagrammatized "lived" into "devil" when she was talking to her friend on the phone and her friend anagrammatized "secure" into "rescue"!