Home › Words › D › desmographydesmographydesmography means the description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments.EtymologyFrom desmo- + -graphy.nounThe description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligamentse.g.“103. Antonio Augusto Ferreira Silva, M. D. Studies of sanitary desmography. Rio de Janeiro” — 1893, Catalogue of the Brazilian Section at the World's Columbian Exposition, page 117:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.desmology 81% match — The branch of anatomy which concerns ligaments. vs desmography →syndesmography 76% match — desmology (study of the ligaments). vs desmography →desmopathy 70% match — disease of the ligaments vs desmography →desmurgy 63% match — The study of medical dressings. vs desmography →desmotomy 60% match — Surgical dissection of a ligament. vs desmography →syndesmological 59% match — Relating to syndesmology. vs desmography →descriptum 57% match — That which is described; the subject of a description. vs desmography →dermatography 56% match — The anatomical description of the skin. vs desmography →