-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
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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
Origin of -graphy
1via Latin from Greek -graphia, from graphein to write
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