-celecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Or (iii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French -cèle; Latin -cēlē; Greek -κήλη.

Etymology: < Middle French, French -cèle or its etymons classical Latin -cēlē (in e.g. hydrocēlē hydrocele n.) and Hellenistic Greek -κήλη (in e.g. ὑδροκήλη ), combining form of ancient Greek κήλη tumour, hernia (see cele n.).Found in borrowings and adaptations of French, Latin, and Greek words from the late 16th cent., as pneumatocele n., hydrocele n. An early formation in English is apparently shown by scrotocele n.; English formations become more frequent from the early 19th cent.

Medicine.

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Forming nouns denoting an abnormal swelling, herniation, or collection of material, of a type or in the location specified by the first element, as meningocele n. at meningo- comb. form , mucocele n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-cele
释义	-celecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Or (iii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French -cèle; Latin -cēlē; Greek -κήλη. Etymology: < Middle French, French -cèle or its etymons classical Latin -cēlē (in e.g. hydrocēlē hydrocele n.) and Hellenistic Greek -κήλη (in e.g. ὑδροκήλη ), combining form of ancient Greek κήλη tumour, hernia (see cele n.).Found in borrowings and adaptations of French, Latin, and Greek words from the late 16th cent., as pneumatocele n., hydrocele n. An early formation in English is apparently shown by scrotocele n.; English formations become more frequent from the early 19th cent. Medicine. Categories » Forming nouns denoting an abnormal swelling, herniation, or collection of material, of a type or in the location specified by the first element, as meningocele n. at meningo- comb. form , mucocele n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form
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