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.
nomograph
Any graph that represents numerical relationships.
nomographer
A writer of laws; a legislator.
nomographic
A reference to the expression of laws in written form.
nomography
A written presentation about drawing up laws.
The study of the geographical origins of diseases and their distribution; geomedicine: Nosochthonography is the science concerned with the influence of climatic and environmental conditions on health and disease.
The geography of illnesses: Nosogeography includes the causes of medical disorders, endemic and epidemic diseases, and their distribution throughout the world.
nosographer
Someone who keeps written accounts or descriptions of diseases.
nosographic
nosography
1. A written account or description of diseases.
2. The assignment of names to each disease entity in a group that has been classified according to a systematic nosolology.
3. A treatise on pathology or the practice of medicine.
2. The assignment of names to each disease entity in a group that has been classified according to a systematic nosolology.
3. A treatise on pathology or the practice of medicine.
nucleography
numismatography
The systematic description of coins; the descriptive part of numismatics.
nyctograph
A device invented by Lewis Carroll with which one can record one’s ideas at night, in the dark, or when not fully awake.
A written description of the physical and biological aspects of the oceans: An oceanograph points out such features found in the chemistry, the geology, and the biology of the seas.
A person who studies and writes about the oceans: As an oceanographer and scientist, Jim's aunt did research on the physical and biological aspects of the seas.
oceanographic (adjective) (not comparable)
Relating to the science that deals with the oceans: Oceanographic research includes the delimitation of the extent and depth of the seas, the physics and chemistry of their waters, marine biology, and the exploitations of their resources.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.
