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-coele
- variant of coel- as final element of a compound word:
enterocoele.
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Example Sentences
The rest of Palestine, which is called Coele-Syria, made its submission and furnished supplies.
He ended by adjuring the king not to be diverted from his purpose without better reason, nor to abandon his hopes in Coele-Syria.
Antiochus, after subduing the greater part of Coele-Syria, had once more dismissed his army into winter quarters.
This letter successfully imposed on the king, who became ready and eager to go on the expedition against Coele-Syria.
Antiochus and Ptolemy determined to bring their claims to Coele-Syria to the decision of a battle.
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Words That Use -coele
What does -coele mean?
The combining form -coele is used like a suffix meaning “cavity.” It is occasionally used in medical terms, especially in pathology.
The form -coele comes from Greek koîlos, meaning “hollow.” The Latin equivalent is cavus, also meaning “hollow,” which is the source of words such as cavity and concave. To learn more, check out our entries for both words.
What are variants of -coele?
In some cases, the form -coele drops the –o– to become -cele, as in pseudocele. In other variant spellings, -coele is spelled without the final –e, becoming -coel. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles on -cele and -coel.
Examples of -coele
One example of a medical term that uses the form -coele is neurocoele, “the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.”
The neuro- part of the word may look familiar. It means “nervous system,” from Greek neûron. The -coele part of the word means “cavity,” as we have seen. Neurocoele literally translates to “nervous system cavity.”
What are some words that use the combining form -coele?
What are some other forms that -coele may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
The combining form entero- means “intestine.” With this in mind, what does enterocoele mean?
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