1940, from colpo-, Latinized combining form of Greek kolpos "womb" (used from c. 1900 in medical compounds in sense "vagina;" see gulf (n.)) + -scopy.
Colosseum
colossus
colostomy
colostrum
colour
colposcopy
Colt
colt
coltish
columbarium
Columbia
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