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 is a significantly large number of graphic word-entry groups in this unit. Such an extensive listing is provided to show how important the grapho- element is to the English language.

impedance plethysmograph (s), impedance plethysmographs (pl) (nouns)
1. An instrument that uses gas-to-tissue ratio to set an alarm or to measure a volume.
2. A technique for determining blood vessel occlusion that determines volumetric changes in a limb by measuring changes in its girth as indicated by changes in the electric impedance of mercury-containing polymeric silicone tubes in a pressure cuff.
industrial geography (s) (noun), physical geographies (pl)
A branch of economics that deals with various production activities; such as, the influences that physical locations might have on factories.
intrabronchial electrocardiography
The recording of an electrocardiogram with an exploring electrode in a bronchus or a tube leading from the windpipe to a lung, which provides for the passage of air.
intracardiac electrocardiography
The recording of electrocardiograms by means of electrodes within the cardiac cavities.
iodolography
Roentgenography, or radiographic visualization, of an organ or body part after being injected with an iodized oil.
ion-exchange chromatography, ion exchange chromatography
1. A separation technique using a resin (stationary phase), which may be basic or acidic, to bind ionized solutes (mobile phase) reversibly.
2. A chromatographic procedure in which the stationary phase consists of ion-exchange resins which may be acidic or basic.
3. The process of separating and analyzing different substances according to their affinities for chemically stable but very reactive synthetic exchanges, which are composed largely of polystyrene cellulose.

The process uses an absorbent containing ionizing groups and accommodates the exchange of ions between a solution of substance to be analyzed and the absorbent.

Ion exchange chromatography is often used to separate components of nucleic acids and proteins elaborated by various structures throughout the body.

Different ions deposited in the absorbent during the exchange produce bands of different colors, which constitute a chromatograph.

ionography
A type of electrochromatography (electro-analysis of chemical substances) involving the migration of ions; such as, on wet filter paper.
isographic
Referring to the imitation of another person’s handwriting.
isographical
isography (s) (noun), isographies (pl)
1. The reproduction of the same penmanship as someone else: The teacher, Mrs. Gray, was quite shocked when she discovered that Jill, her student, used isography on her excuse for being late to school, when she forged her mother's signature.
2. Etymology: derived from Greek iso(s)-, "equal to, same as" + -graphy, "writing".
The use of another person's style of writing.
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isokeraunographic
Designating areas over which the keraunographic records of thudnerstorm phenomena are the same or similar.
isometrograph
An instrument for tracing parallel lines at exactly equal distances.
kalotypography
Beautiful printing.
kamagraphy
A process for making copies of original paintings, using a special press and treated canvas, which reproduces exactly the colour and texture of the brushstrokes.
kapnography (s) (noun), kapnographies (pl)
Name for a mode of producing designs or pictures on a smoked surface of glass, etc.

Related "writing" word units: glypto-; gram-; scrib-, script-.