| logographic | Of or pertaining to logography. Origin: Gr. Of writing speeches: cf. F. Logographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| logographical | Of or pertaining to logography. Origin: Gr. Of writing speeches: cf. F. Logographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| logography | 1. A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used. 2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words. Origin: Gr. A writing of speeches; word, speech + to write: cf. F. Logographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| logogriph | A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc. Origin: Gr. Word + a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. Logogriphe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| logomachist | One who contends about words. See: Logomachy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| logomachy | 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words. "The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . Has largely been a mere logomachy." (L. Abbott) 2. A game of word making. Origin: Gr.; word + fight, battle, contest: cf. F. Logomachie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| logometric | <chemistry> Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric. Origin: Gr. Word, ratio + measure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| logopathy | Any speech disorder. Origin: Logo-+ G. Pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| logopedia | A branch of science concerned with the physiology and pathology of the organs of speech and with the correction of speech defects. Synonym: logopedia. Origin: Logo-+ G. Pais (paid-), child (05 Mar 2000) |
| logopedics | A branch of science concerned with the physiology and pathology of the organs of speech and with the correction of speech defects. Synonym: logopedia. Origin: Logo-+ G. Pais (paid-), child (05 Mar 2000) |
| logoplegia | Paralysis of the organs of speech. Origin: Logo-+ G. Plege, stroke (05 Mar 2000) |
| logorrhoea | Rarely used term for abnormal or pathologic talkativeness or garrulousness. Origin: Logo-+ G. Rhoia, a flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| logospasm | Synonym: stuttering, explosive speech. Origin: Logo-+ G. Spasmos, spasm (05 Mar 2000) |
| logotherapy | A form of psychotherapy which places special emphasis on the patient's spiritual life and on the physician as "medical minister." Origin: Logo-+ G. Therapeia, cure (05 Mar 2000) |
| logwood | The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood. Origin: So called from being imported in logs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |