-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; choreography; geography; orthography; photography.

Origin of -graphy

< Greek -graphia. See -graph, -y3

Words nearby -graphy

-grade, -gram, -graph, -grapher, -graphic, -graphy, -gyne, -gynous, -gyny, -haemia, -haired

British Dictionary definitions for -graphy

-graphy

n combining form

indicating a form or process of writing, representing, etc calligraphy; photography
indicating an art or descriptive science choreography; oceanography

Word Origin for -graphy

via Latin from Greek -graphia, from graphein to write

Medical definitions for -graphy

-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.