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a combining form meaning “tumor,” used in the formation of compound words: varicocele.

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Origin of -cele

Combining form representing Greek kḗlē a tumor; akin to Old English hēala hydrocele

Words nearby -cele

celandine, celandine poppy, Celanese, celature, Celaya, -cele, celeb, Celebes, Celebes Sea, celebrant, celebrate

Other definitions for -cele (2 of 2)

-cele²

variant of -coele: hematocele.

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How to use -cele in a sentence

Et de les cele Yglise est li paleis de Monseignor li Dus, grant e biaus a mervoilles.
Medieval People|Eileen Edna Power
Again, the expression 'cele parole' shews that Jean de Meun is also here quoting from another, viz.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
Possibly the name is derived from the Saxon "lowe" (hill) and "cele" (cold or chill) making it "the cold hill."
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Quant aucunes gens la veoient qui ne la connoissoient pas, il demandoient qui cele dame estoit.
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple|Charles G. Addison

Acaso no me cele de provincial, Gegence; una yunta de botijas de vino.
The Gegence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua|Daniel G. Brinton

British Dictionary definitions for -cele

-cele

n combining form

tumour or herniahydrocele

Word Origin for -cele

from Greek kēlē tumour

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