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tel-

1 American  

  1. variant of tele-.

    telesthesia.
tel- 2 American  

  1. variant of tele-.

    telencephalon.
tel. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. telegram.

  2. telegraph.

  3. telephone.

tel- British  

combining form

  1. a variant of tele- telo-

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