-scopy
visual examination
From Greek skopia, watching (skopein, to see, examine)
Meaning
What does -scopy mean?
-scopy is a suffix meaning visual examination. It comes from Greek skopia, watching (skopein, to see, examine).
-scopy is the procedure and -scope the instrument: a bronchoscope is used to do a bronchoscopy.
In real words
Medical words with -scopy
a look inside the trachea, bronchi and lungs with a bronchoscope, a thin tube with a light and lens
examination of the inside of the abdomen with a laparoscope put in through the abdominal wall · In the dictionary
minimally invasive joint surgery using a small camera (arthroscope) passed through tiny incisions
an examination of the cervix, vagina and vulva through a lighted magnifying instrument, often after an abnormal screening test
examination of the inside of the body with an endoscope
examination of the anus and lower rectum with a short lighted tube called an anoscope
examination of the fetus in the uterus with a fetoscope, a thin fiber-optic instrument
looking inside the bladder and urethra with a thin scope passed in through the urethra
Don't mix it up
Parts easily confused with -scopy
Sources
Checked against
Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- Suffixes – Medical Terminology: An Interactive Approach
- -SCOPY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
- -scopy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Tests and instruments
-scopy is one of 8 parts in this lesson. Learn them together, then take real words apart.
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