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Lint: cele-vs-coele-suffixes

Cele Suffix
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"The suffix "-cele" as is commonly encountered in words such as hydrocele, cystocele, haematocele, encephalocele etc., is the source of a common medical misspelling as "-coele" under the misapprehension that the latter spelling is British (UK) rather than American (US) spelling"

Line 1:250 · The suffix is '-cele', not '-coele': 'coele'.
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"The suffix "-cele" as is commonly encountered in words such as hydrocele, cystocele, haematocele, encephalocele etc., is the source of a common medical misspelling as "-coele" under the misapprehension that the latter spelling is British (UK) rather than American (US) spelling"

Line 1:332 · 'UK' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"The suffix "-cele" as is commonly encountered in words such as hydrocele, cystocele, haematocele, encephalocele etc., is the source of a common medical misspelling as "-coele" under the misapprehension that the latter spelling is British (UK) rather than American (US) spelling"

Line 1:358 · 'US' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"As the origin is from the Greek kēlē meaning "tumour" or "hernia", the correct and preferred spelling is "-cele" regardless of UK vs US preference 1-3."

Line 2:131 · 'UK' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"As the origin is from the Greek kēlē meaning "tumour" or "hernia", the correct and preferred spelling is "-cele" regardless of UK vs US preference 1-3."

Line 2:137 · 'US' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.