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-cleisis

noun combining form
-clei·​sis
variants: or -clisis \ ˈklīsə̇s \
plural -cleises or -clises\ -​īˌsēz \

Definition of -cleisis

: closure : occlusion arthrocleisis enteroclisis

History and Etymology for -cleisis

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

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