Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0096 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-scope: Instrument for Viewing
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The idea
The suffix scope names the instrument used to examine the structure its root identifies.
In practice
A colonoscope is the instrument used to view the colon.
Where people slip
Scopy is what is done; scope is what does it. One letter separates them.
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