-coel

See also: coel and çöl

English

Etymology 1

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).

Suffix

-coel

1. A cavity.

Alternative forms

• -coele
• -cele (possibly nonstandard)

Derived terms

• blastocoel
• enterocoele
• haemocoel, hemocoel
• pseudocoel
• spongocoel

Etymology 2

See -cele.

Suffix

-coel

1. (possibly nonstandard) Alternative form of -cele (“tumor; hernia”)

Anagrams

• LCOE, Cole, ecol., Cloe, Cleo, cole, -cole