The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλεῖσις
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔντερον“intestine”
- English todayenterocleisis
From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”) + Ancient Greek κλεῖσις (kleîsis). By surface analysis, entero- + -cleisis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔντερον all →
gastroenterologyenteralabentericarchenteronenter-entero-enterolithenteronfistuloenterostomy
Ancient Greekκλεῖσις all →
-cleisiscolpocleisishysterocleisis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.