-graphy
a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing, recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process:
biography; ch-r-ography; geography; orthography; photography.
-graphy
combining form
indicating a form or process of writing, representing, etc calligraphy, photography
indicating an art or descriptive science ch-r-ography, oceanography
word origin
-graphy suff.
a writing or representation produced in a specified manner or by a specified process: tomography.
a writing about or a representation of a specified thing: ophthalmography.
Read Also:
- -gyne
-gyne suff. female reproductive organ: androgyne.
- -gynous
a combining form with the meanings “of women,” “of females,” “having pistils or -n-logous organs,” as specified by the initial elements: androgynous. -gynous combining form of or relating to women or females androgynous, misogynous relating to female organs epigynous derived forms word origin
- -gyny
a combining form occurring in nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -gynous: androgyny.
- -haemia
chiefly british variant of -hemia: leukocythaemia. -aemia combining form denoting blood, esp a specified condition of the blood in names of diseases leukaemia word origin -haemia combining form variants of -aemia -haemia suff. variant of -emia.
- -haired
adjective having hair as specified long-haired