-scope
-scope is a suffix used in English denoting viewing and observing. It derives from the scientific Latin suffix -scopium, meaning a viewing instrument, which in turn originates from the ancient Greek verb skopein, to examine.
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- bathyscope
- Cinemascope
- cystoscope
- electroscope
- electrotachyscope
- endoscope
- episcopal from Greek episkopos, meaning "overseer" and hence "bishop".
- fibrescope
- finderscope
- fluoroscope
- gastroscope
- gonioscope
- gyroscope
- horoscope
- iconoscope
- kaleidoscope
- kinescope
- kinetoscope
- laryngoscope
- microscope
- oscilloscope
- Otoscope
- periscope
- phenakistoscope also phenakistiscope
- praxinoscope
- Rotoscope
- spectroscope
- stethoscope
- stereoscope
- stroboscope
- tachistoscope
- telescope
- teleidoscope
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "-scope". Image Credit.
