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-scopy

a combining form used to form abstract action nouns corresponding to nouns with stems ending in -scope: telescopy.

Nearby words

  1. -saur,
  2. -saurus,
  3. -scape,
  4. -sch-,
  5. -scope,
  6. -seater,
  7. -sect,
  8. -sepalous,
  9. -sexual,
  10. -shaped

Origin of -scopy

< Greek skopía watching. See -scope, -y3
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British Dictionary definitions for -scopy

-scopy

n combining form

indicating a viewing or observationmicroscopy

Word Origin for -scopy

from Greek -skopia, from skopein to look at
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Word Origin and History for -scopy

-scopy

word-forming element meaning "viewing, examining, observing," from Modern Latin -scopium, from Greek -skopion, from skopein "to look at, examine" (see scope (n.1)).

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Medicine definitions for -scopy

-scopy

suff.

Viewing; seeing; observation:microscopy.
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