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-clisis

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• -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.

• -coele

  variant of coel- as final element of a compound word: enterocoele. also, -cele, -coel.

• -colous

  a combining form meaning “inhabiting” the thing or place specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: nidicolous. -colous combining form inhabiting or living on arenicolous word origin from latin -cola inhabitant + -ous; related to colere to inhabit

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