What it means
The ending for tools used to look at or listen to the body. A stethoscope listens to sounds, an otoscope looks into the ear, an ophthalmoscope looks into the eye, and an endoscope or bronchoscope looks inside the body. The procedure that uses the tool ends in -scopyskuh-peeA word ending that means looking at or examining, usually with an instrument.Full entry .
Remember it
-scope is the tool; -scopy is the look.
Related terms
bronchoscopy
A procedure in which a thin, lighted tube with a camera is passed through the nose or mouth to look inside the airways.
micro-
A word beginning that means very small; in units, one millionth.
laparoscopy
Surgery or an exam done through small cuts in the belly, using a thin, lighted tube with a camera.
-scopy
A word ending that means looking at or examining, usually with an instrument.