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-scope

 
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a combining form meaning “instrument for viewing,” used in the formation of compound words: telescope.
Compare -scopy.

Origin:
< NL -scopium < Gk -skopion, -skopeion, equiv. to skop(eîn) to look at (akin to sképtesthai to look, view carefully; cf. skeptic ) + -ion, -eion n. suffix
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-scope  
suff.  An instrument for viewing or observing: bronchoscope.

[New Latin -scopium, from Greek -skopion, from skopein, to see; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

-scope suff.
An instrument for viewing or observing: bronchoscope.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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