cymo-, cym-, cymo- +

A scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure).

The use of a cymograph to record oscillating motion: "The technician used cymography to record the movements of the body organs."

An instrument for showing and measuring wave motion; specifically, an instrument for determining the frequency of electric wave oscillations, especially, as it applies to wireless telegraphy: "The researcher used a cymometer so he could measure the frequency of electric waves."

An abnormal fear of sea swells or ocean waves: Sheryl was afraid to get on a boat because of her cymophobic condition which always resulted in uncontrollable terror.

The sound of the sea or ocean waves: "Whenever they went to the beaches at night, they concentrated on the cymophones they could hear that were coming from the ocean."

A device for detecting the presence of electric waves: "The influence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular kind of electric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on the polarization of an electrolytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various cymoscopes."

Having wavy hair or curly hair or curly headiness: "The cymotrichous boy had his hair cut short so it wouldn't be so curly."

Smooth, wavy, and curly hair: "His cymotrichy was the envy of many women and even some other men."

A panic regarding waves that may be related to a fear of motion, water, or of landscapes in which water flows or waterfalls are prominent: Whenever Debbie went to the beach or was near a cascade or river, her kymophobia completely diminished any possible pleasure from seeing them or being near them.

An roentgenographic technique for recording on a single X-ray film the extent and rate of movements of the borders of an organ or structure in the body.