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• -cele

  a combining form meaning “tumor,” used in the formation of compound words: variocele. -cele2 variant of -coele: blastocele. -cele combining form tumour or hernia hydrocele word origin from greek kēlē tumour -cele 1 suff. tumor; hernia: cystocele. -cele 2 suff. variant of -coel.

• -cene

  variant of ceno-1. as final element of a compound word: pleistocene. -cene combining form, combining form denoting a recent geological period miocene word origin from greek kainos new

• -centric

  a combining form with the meanings “having a center or centers” of the specified number or kind (polycentric); “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element (ethnocentric; heliocentric). -centric suffix having a centre as specified heliocentric word origin abstracted from eccentric, concentric, etc -centric from gk. kentrikos “pertaining to a center,” from kentron […]

• -cephalic

  variant of -cephalous: brachycephalic. -cephalic combining form indicating skull or head; -headed brachycephalic derived forms -cephaly, -cephalism, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from greek -kephalos -cephalic suff. having a specified kind or number of heads: dolichocephalic.

• -cephalous

  a combining form meaning “having a head or heads” of the specified sort or number: brachycephalous. also, -cephalic. -cephalic combining form indicating skull or head; -headed brachycephalic derived forms -cephaly, -cephalism, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from greek -kephalos -cephalous suff. having a specified kind of head or number of heads: nanocephalous.

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