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-scope is a suffix used in English denoting viewing and observing. It derives from the scientific Latin suffix -scopium, meaning a viewing instrument, which in turn originates from the ancient Greek verb skopein, to examine.

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• Cinemascope
• cystoscope
• electroscope
• endoscope
• Episcopal from Greek episkopos, meaning "overseer" and hence "bishop".
• finderscope
• fluoroscope
• gastroscope
• gonioscope
• gyroscope
• horoscope
• iconoscope
• interscope
• kaleidoscope
• kinescope
• kinetoscopeA kinetoscope is a device that gives an impression of movement via an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a fast shutter and is the precursor of the modern motion picture projector. On May 20, 1891 the first public display of
• laryngoscopeintubating a dummy A laryngoscope is a medical instrument that is used to obtain a view of the glottis by direct laryngoscopy''. It consists of a handle (incorporating a battery) and a blade with a source of light. Direct laryngoscopy is done with the pat
• macroscopeMacroscope could refer to any of these : Macroscope book by Brandon Jeffery. It is a collection of all his other works. Macroscope book by Piers Anthony.
• microscopeA microscope is an instrument for viewing objects that are too small to be seen by the naked or unaided eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy, and the term microscopic means minute or very small, not
• mutoscopeThe mutoscope was an early form of motion picture device. Like Edison's kinetoscope it did not project on a screen, and provided viewing to only one person at a time. Cheaper and simpler than the kinetoscope, it quickly dominated the coin-in-the-slot "pee
• ophthalmoscopeIn medicine the ophthalmoscope was invented by Hermann von Helmholtz and is an instrument that is used to look into the human eye. Its use is crucial in determining the health of the retina and the corpus vitreum. In patients with headaches, the finding o
• oscilloscopeAn oscilloscope or scope is an electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph of one or more electrical potential differences. The horizontal axis of the display normally represents time, making the instrument useful for disp
• periscopeA periscope is an instrument for observation from a concealed position. In its simplest form it is a tube in each end of which are mirrors set parallel to each other and at an angle of 45° with respect to the line between them. It may be used as a toy or
• phantascope
• phenakistoscope
• polariscope
• praxinoscope
• radarscope
• rotoscope
• scleroscope
• seismoscope
• spectroscope
• stereoscope
• stethoscope
• telescope
• vitascope
• zoopraxiscope