-scope
/-skəʊp/US/-skoʊp/
-scope suffix: used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
Suffix
-scope
- Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
-scope meaning in Arabic
-scope in Arabic
- suffix to name viewing instruments
- مِنْظَار minẓār, ـسْكُوب -skūb
Origin of -scope
From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”).
Words formed from -scope
- bioscope
- bronchoscope
- chronoscope
- colonoscope
- coloscope
- colposcope
- cryoscope
- cystoscope
- electroscope
- endoscope
- epidiascope
- fetoscope
- fiberscope
- fluoroscope
- galvanoscope
- gastroscope
- gyroscope
- hagioscope
- horoscope
- hydroscope
- hygroscope
- iconoscope
- kaleidoscope
- kinescope
- laparoscope
- laryngoscope
- microscope
- ophthalmoscope
- oscilloscope
- otoscope
- periscope
- pharyngoscope
- phonoscope
- photomicroscope
- polariscope
- proctoscope
- radarscope
- resectoscope
- retinoscope
- riflescope
- roentgenoscope
- seismoscope
- sigmoidoscope
- skiascope
- spectrohelioscope
- spectroscope
- spinthariscope
- statoscope
- stereomicroscope
- stereoscope
- stethoscope
- stroboscope
- tachistoscope
- telescope
- telestereoscope
- telethermoscope
- ultramicroscope
- urethroscope
- zymoscope
Questions about -scope
- What does -scope mean?
- -scope means used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
- What is -scope in Arabic?
- -scope in Arabic is مِنْظَار (minẓār), ـسْكُوب (-skūb). See -scope meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is -scope?
- -scope is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -scope?
- -scope is pronounced /-skəʊp/ (UK).
Words near -scope in the dictionary
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