graphopathology

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noun

medical diagnosis based on a person's handwriting

OriginEnglish pathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) →
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Meanings

noungraphopathology (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablemedical diagnosis based on a person's handwriting

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  3. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  4. Englishgrapho-
  5. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  6. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  10. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  11. Frenchpathologie
  12. Englishpathology
  13. Englishgraphopathology

From grapho- + pathology.

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APA

graphopathology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphopathology

MLA

“graphopathology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphopathology. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graphopathology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphopathology.

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