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Word Unit: ceco-, cec-, caeco-, caec- (Latin: blind, blind gut [first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, the colon, and the appendix vermiformis]; any blind pouch).

Word Unit: -cede, -ceed, -cess, -cease + (Latin: to be in motion; to go, to go away, to yield, to give up, to withdraw).

Word Unit: -cele (Greek: a suffix; hernia, swelling).

Word Unit: celebr- + (Latin: frequented, populous; to frequent in great numbers, to assemble, to honor; thronged).

Word Unit: celer- (Latin: fast, speed, swift, rapid).

Word Unit: celest- (Latin: heaven, sky).

Word Unit: cell-, cel- (Latin: to rise high, to surpass, to be eminent ).

Word Unit: celli- (Latin: storeroom, chamber, closet; by extension, of or pertaining to a cell, a microscopic protoplasmic mass made up of a nucleus enclosed in a semipermeable membrane).

Word Unit: cellulo-, celluli-, cellul- (Latin: a small cell, consisting of cells; a small storeroom).

Word Unit: celo- + (Greek: hollow; used chiefly in the sense of "concave; pertaining to a bodily cavity").

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.

Word Unit: celo-, cel-, kelo-, kel- (Greek: tumor, hernia).

Word Unit: cement- + (Latin: caementa, "stone chips" from caedere, "to cut down, chop, beat, hew, fell, slay").

Word Unit: cen-, ceno-, caen-, caeno-, cain-, caino-, kain-, kaino- + (Greek: new, recent, fresh).

Cross references of word families related to: "new, recent": ne-, neo-; nov-, novo-.

Word Unit: -cene (Greek: a suffix; new, denotes certain "recent" eons when naming geological periods).

Word Unit: ceno-, caeno-, keno-, ken-; -cenosis + (Greek: empty; removal [medical discharge or evacuation]).

Related "empty, vacant" word units: vacu-; void.

Word Unit: ceno-, cene-, cen-, ceoen- ceoene-, coeno-, coen-, coino-, coin-, kaino-, kain-, koino-, koin- (Greek: common, shared).

Word Unit: censur-, censor- (Latin: to count, to reckon, to assess, to estimate, to value, to deem, to judge; judgment, criticism; Latin censura and French censure).

Word Unit: cente-, -centesis (Greek: often used as a suffix; perforation, puncture, or tapping, as with an aspirator or needle).

Word Unit: centi-, cent- (Latin: hundred; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements).

Word Unit: centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (Greek > Latin: center).

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