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-scopy

The ending -scopy denotes an examination in which a cavity or body cavity is viewed with an optical instrument. Gastroscopy looks inside the stomach, colonoscopy the bowel, arthroscopy a joint.

Greek skopeîn = to look at, to examine

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Related diagnostic endings: -graphy stands for an imaging procedure that produces a record, such as sonography; -gram for the result, such as an electrocardiogram; -metry for a measurement, such as spirometry.

This system works the same way in every European language of instruction, because it rests on the same Greek roots.

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