-cleisis

noun combining form

-clei·​sis

variants or -clisis

ˈklīsə̇s

plural -cleises or -clises

-īˌsēz

: closure : occlusion

arthrocleisis

enteroclisis

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Greek klêisis, kleîsis, from klēi, klei-, stem of kleíō (earlier Attic klḗiō, Ionic klēḯō) "I shut, close, bar" (verbal derivative from the base *klēwī- "bar, bolt, key") + -sis -sis

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