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• -cy

  a suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives with stems in -t, -te, -tic, and especially -nt (democracy; accuracy; expediency; stagnancy; lunacy), and sometimes used to form action nouns (vacancy; occupancy). a suffix of nouns denoting rank or office, sometimes attached to the stem of a word rather than to the word itself: captaincy; […]

• -cyst

  variant of cysto-, as final element in a compound word: statocyst. -cyst combining form indicating a bladder or sac otocyst word origin from greek kustis bladder

• -cyte

  variant of cyto- as final element in a compound word: leucocyte. -cyte combining form indicating a cell spermatocyte word origin from new latin -cyta, from greek kutos container, body, hollow vessel -cyte suff. cell: leukocyte.

• -dactyl

  variant of -dactylous, especially with nouns: pterodactyl.

• -dactylous

  a combining form meaning “fingered, possessing fingers,” or “toed, possessing toes,” used to form compound words in which the initial element specifies the type or number of fingers or toes: tridactylous.

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