-scope

views updated Jun 27 2018

-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).

-scope

views updated May 29 2018

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

-scope

views updated May 18 2018

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