-scope

DEFINITION of -scope

forms nouns: scop--e- instrument for examining see also: -graph, -tome, -stat

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ETYMOLOGY of -scope

greek

Component	Origin	Meaning
scop- / -e / -scope	Greek σκοπεῖν (skopein), from σκοπός (skopos)	“to look,” “to examine,” “to observe” — Noun-forming suffix — “instrument for examining or viewing”

The word entered English in the 1820s as microscope (noun), borrowed from French microscope, from Late Latin microscopium, from Greek μικροσκοπεῖν (mikroskopein) — literally “to look at small things.” The term stethoscope appeared in the 1810s (coined by Laënnec), and ophthalmoscope in the 1850s. The root skopein (“to look”) connects -scope to the entire observation and examination suffixes: microscope (mikros + skopein $\to$ instrument for viewing small things), stethoscope (stethos + skopein $\to$ instrument for listening to the chest), and ophthalmoscope (ophthalmos + skopein $\to$ instrument for viewing the eye). The instrument-forming suffix -scope is extremely productive across nearly all medical specialties: e.g., laryngoscope, endoscope, gonioscope, retinoscope, and cardioscope.

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