# -graphy

The English suffix -graphy means a "field of study" or related to "writing" a book, and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek.

## Arts

* Cartography – the art and field of making maps.
* Choreography – the art of creating and arranging dances or ballets.
* Cinematography – the art of making lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema.
* Collagraphy - In printmaking, a fine art technique in which collage materials are used as ink-carrying imagery on a printing plate.
* Iconography – the art of interpreting the content by icons.
* Klecksography – the art of making images from inkblots.
* Lexicography – the study lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries.
* Lithography – planographic printing technique.
* Photography – the art, practice or occupation of taking and printing photographs.
* Photolithography – the method for microfabrication in electronics manufacturing.
* Pornography – the practice, occupation and result of producing sexually arousing imagery or words.
* Pyrography – the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks.
* Serigraphy – printmaking technique that uses a stencil made of fine synthetic material through which ink is forced.
* Tasseography – the art of reading tea leaves.
* Thermography – thermal imaging.
* Tomography – three-dimensional imaging.
* Typography – the art and techniques of type design.
* Videography – the art and techniques of filming video.
* Vitreography – in printmaking, a fine art technique that uses glass printing matrices.
* Xerography – the means of copying documents.

### Writing

* Cacography – bad handwriting or spelling.
* Calligraphy – the art of fine handwriting.
* Ideography – the use of symbols to represent a concept or idea.
* Orthography – the rules of correct writing.
* Palaeography – the study of historical handwriting.
* Pictography – the use of pictographs.
* Steganography – the art of writing hidden messages.
* Stenography – the art of writing in shorthand.

## Types of works

* Bibliography – a list of writings, typically those used or considered by an author in preparing a particular work or research.
** Metabibliography – bibliography of bibliographies.
* Biography – an account of a person's life.
** Autobiography – biography of a person written by themselves.
* Discography – a list of recorded music, or other sound recordings/auditory media.
* Filmography – a list of films, documentaries, or other visual media.
* Ludography (or gameography) – a list of games, specifically video games.
* Webography (or webliography or arachniography) – a list of websites, or URLs.

## Fields of study

* Areography – the geography of Mars (studies the physical features of the planet).
* Cartography – the study and making of maps.
* Cosmography – the study and making of maps of the universe or cosmos.
* Cryptography – the study of securing information.
* Crystallography – the study of crystals.
* Demography – the study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.
* Encephalography – recording of voltages from the brain.
* Epigraphy – the study of written inscriptions on hard surfaces.
* Ethnography – the study of cultures and cultural phenomena.
* Floriography – the language of flowers.
* Geography – study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth.
** Anthropogeography – study of human society's interactions and relationships with the environment.
** Orography – the study of mountains.
** Physiography – study of the processes and patterns in the Earth's environment.
* Hagiography – the study of saints.
* Historiography – study of the methods of historians
* Holography – study and mapping of computer project imaged called Holograms for interactive and assisted computations.
* Hydrography – measurement and description of any waters.
* Monography – the study of a single specialized subject of the aspect of a subject.
* Oceanography – exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena.
* Orography – science and study of mountains.
* Pathography – study of the history of an individual or community with regard to the influence of a physical or mental condition.
* Radiography – use of X-rays to produce medical images.
* Reprography – reproduction of graphics through mechanical or electrical means.
* Selenography – the study and mapping of the physical features of the Moon.
* Topography – the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those of planets, moons and asteroids.
* Uranography – the study and mapping of stars and space objects.
* Zoography – the study of animal description and their habits; descriptive zoology.

## Medical

* Mammography – an x-ray method used to examine the breast for detection of early-stage cancer and other diseases.
* Venography – a test that uses a x-ray moving pictures of blood in the veins of the legs and pelvis.
* Ultrasonography – a test that uses energy sound waves to observe tissues and organs.
* Urography – an examination with an x-ray to evaluate the kidneys, ureters and bladder.