-opia
a combining form occurring in compound words denoting a condition of sight or of the visual organs:
diplopia; hemeralopia; myopia.
also, -opsia.
-opia
combining form
indicating a visual defect or condition myopia
derived forms
-opic, combining_form:in_adjective
word origin
from greek, from ōps eye
-opia suff.
a visual condition or defect of a specified kind: anisometropia.
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- -opsia
variant of -opia: hemianopsia. also, -opsy2 .
- -opsis
a combining form meaning “likeness,” used especially in the names of living organisms and organic structures that resemble the thing named by the initial element: coreopsis. -opsis combining form indicating a specified appearance or resemblance meconopsis word origin from greek opsis sight
- -opsy
a combining form occurring in compound words denoting a medical examination or inspection: biopsy; necropsy. -opsy2 variant of -opsia: achromatopsy. -opsy suff. examination: biopsy.
- -opy
variant of -opia.
- -or
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, directly or through anglo-french, usually denoting a condition or property of things or persons, sometimes corresponding to qualitative adjectives ending in -id4, (ardor; honor; horror; liquor; pallor; squalor; torpor; tremor); a few other words that originally ended in different suffixes have been -ssimilated to this group (behavior; demeanor; […]