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-clase

-clase suffix: fracture (having a fracture of such a form).

Suffix

-clase

  1. fracture (having a fracture of such a form)

Origin of -clase

From Ancient Greek κλᾰ́σῐς (klắsĭs, “breaking, fracture”) (via French -clase), from κλάω (kláō, “I break”).

Questions about -clase

What does -clase mean?
-clase means fracture (having a fracture of such a form).
What part of speech is -clase?
-clase is a suffix.

Words near -clase in the dictionary

  1. -cillin
  2. -cin
  3. -cir-
  4. -cism
  5. -citabine
  6. -clase
  7. -clasis
  8. -clast
  9. -clastic
  10. -cleisis
  11. -clidine

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