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• arteriography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1929 the radiographic visualization of an artery after injection of a radiopaque substance • arteriographic adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• atrophy — noun (plural phies) Etymology: Late Latin atrophia, from Greek, from atrophos ill fed, from a + trephein to nourish Date: 1601 1. decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue; also arrested development or loss of a part or organ… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bibliography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: probably from New Latin bibliographia, from Greek, the copying of books, from bibli + graphia graphy Date: 1802 1. the history, identification, or description of writings or publications 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• biography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi + graphia graphy Date: 1683 1. a usually written history of a person s life 2. biographical writings as a whole 3. an …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• choreography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: French chorégraphie, from Greek choreia + French graphie graphy Date: circa 1789 1. the art of symbolically representing dancing 2. a. the composition and arrangement of dances especially for ballet …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cosmography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: Middle English cosmographie, from Late Latin cosmographia, from Greek kosmographia, from kosmos + graphia graphy Date: 14th century 1. a general description of the world or of the universe 2. the …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• discography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: French discographie, from disc + graphie graphy Date: 1933 1. a descriptive list of recordings by category, composer, performer, or date of release 2. the history of recorded music • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dystrophy — noun (plural phies) Etymology: New Latin dystrophia, from dys + trophia trophy Date: 1901 1. a condition produced by faulty nutrition 2. any myogenic atrophy; especially muscular dystrophy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• echocardiography — noun (plural phies) Date: 1965 the use of ultrasound to examine the structure and functioning of the heart for abnormalities and disease • echocardiographer noun • echocardiographic adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• electrooculography — noun (plural phies) Date: 1951 the preparation and study of electrooculograms …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• filmography — noun (plural phies) Etymology: film + ography (as in bibliography) Date: 1962 a list of motion pictures featuring the work of a prominent film figure or relating to a particular topic …   New Collegiate Dictionary