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The combining form -opsy is used like a suffix that has two distinct senses.The first of these senses is “medical examination or inspection,” and this form of -opsy is occasionally used in a variety of scientific and technical terms. The form -opsy in this sense comes from the word autopsy, from Greek ���ܳٴDZ��í��, meaning “a seeing with one's own eyes.”The second of these senses is “visual disorder,” and this form of -opsy is very rarely used in a variety of medical terms. The form -opsy ultimately comes from comes from Greek ����, meaning “eye” or “face.” Greek ���� is also at the root of the word cyclops, a mythical giant with a single large eye. Cyclops literally means "round-eye" in Greek.Related to ���ܳٴDZ��í�� and ���� is �DZ��ٳ󲹱���ó��, “eye,” which gives us the combining form ophthalmo-. The Latin cognate of these three Greek words is oculus, “eye,” the source of the combining form oculo- and the noun monocle. Learn more at our entries for both words.������ are variants of -opsy with the sense “visual disorder”?The form -opsy is a variant of the more common -opia or -opsia, as in hemianopsia and myopia. From the same root, we also derive the combining form opto-, as in optometrist. While -opsis is not a variant of -opsy, the two combining forms have a common origin. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for these forms.Not every word that ends with the exact letters -opsy, such as dropsy or hydropsy, is necessarily using the combining form -opsy to denote “medical inspection” or "visual disorder.” Learn why dropsy means “edema” at our entry for the word.