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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

-scope terminal el. repr. L. -scopium — Gr. -skópion (as in hōroscopium — hōroskǒpion casting of nativities), f. skopein observe (see prec.); extended in medL. use in microscopium MICROSCOPE and tēlescopium TELESCOPE, on the model of which have been formed terms denoting scientific instruments for enabling the eye or the ear to make observations, e.g. laryngoscope, stethoscope. The corr. adjs. end in -scopic, with advs. in -scopically (-LY2) and nouns of action in -scopy (-Y3).

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

-scope • comb. form denoting an instrument for observing, viewing, or examining: microscope telescope.

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

-scope combining form denoting an instrument for observing or examining.

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