-cleisis
noun combining form
-clei·sis
variants or -clisis
ˈklīsə̇s
plural -cleises or -clises
-īˌsēz
: closure : occlusion
arthrocleisis
enteroclisis
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Greek klêisis, kleîsis, from klēi, klei-, stem of kleíō (earlier Attic klḗiō, Ionic klēḯō) "I shut, close, bar" (verbal derivative from the base *klēwī- "bar, bolt, key") + -sis -sis