-graphy
process of recording or imaging
From Greek -graphia, writing, drawing (graphein, to write)
Meaning
What does -graphy mean?
-graphy is a suffix meaning process of recording or imaging. It comes from Greek -graphia, writing, drawing (graphein, to write).
-graphy is the process, -gram the image it produces and -graph the machine: mammography makes a mammogram.
In real words
Medical words with -graphy
x-ray imaging of the breast, mainly to find breast cancer early
x-ray imaging of blood vessels after a contrast dye is injected
x-ray imaging of a vein after a contrast dye is injected into it
lymphangiography
x-ray imaging of lymph vessels and lymph nodes after a contrast medium is injected
x-ray imaging of the aorta after a contrast dye is injected
Don't mix it up
Parts easily confused with -graphy
Sources
Checked against
Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- Suffixes – Medical Terminology: An Interactive Approach
- 1.5 Common Suffixes – Medical Terminology 2e
- -graphy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Tests and instruments
-graphy is one of 8 parts in this lesson. Learn them together, then take real words apart.
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