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• -sch-

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• -scopy

  a combining form used to form abstract action nouns corresponding to nouns with stems ending in -scope: telescopy. -scopy combining form indicating a viewing or observation microscopy word origin from greek -skopia, from skopein to look at -scopy suff. viewing; seeing; observation: microscopy.

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