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-cleisis

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• -cline

  combining form indicating a slope anticline derived forms -clinal, combining_form:in_adjective word origin back formation from incline

• -clisis

  -clisis suff. variant of -cleisis.

• -coccal

  a combining form of adjectives corresponding to nouns formed with -coccus: streptococcal.

• -coccus

  a combining form representing coccus, in compound words: streptococcus. -coccus suff. a microorganism of spherical or spheroidal shape: streptococcus.

• -coel

  variant of coel- as final element of a compound word: enterocoele. also, -cele, -coel. -coel or -coele or -cele suff. chamber; cavity: blastocoel.

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