-cele(word root) tumorExamples of words with the root -cele: blastoceleAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree-cele 1suff. Tumor; hernia: cystocele.[From Greek k?l?, tumor.]-cele 2suff. Variant of -coel.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-cele n combining form (Pathology) tumour or hernia: hydrocele. [from Greek k?l? tumour]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-cele a combining form meaning ?herniation, hemorrhage?: hydrocele. [comb. form representing Greek k?l? a tumor; akin to Old English h?ala hydrocele] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.