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-cleisis

-cleisis suffix: closure, blockage, shutting.

Suffix

-cleisis

  1. Closure, blockage, shutting.

Origin of -cleisis

From Ancient Greek κλεῖσις (kleîsis).

Questions about -cleisis

What does -cleisis mean?
-cleisis means closure, blockage, shutting.
What part of speech is -cleisis?
-cleisis is a suffix.

Words near -cleisis in the dictionary

  1. -citabine
  2. -clase
  3. -clasis
  4. -clast
  5. -clastic
  6. -cleisis
  7. -clidine
  8. -clidinium
  9. -clinal
  10. -cline
  11. -clinic

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