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  1. a combining form of sphere (planisphere); having a special use in the names of the layers of gases and the like surrounding the earth and other celestial bodies (ionosphere).
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-sphere

n combining form
  1. having the shape or form of a spherebathysphere
  2. indicating a spherelike enveloping massatmosphere
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Derived Forms-spheric, adj combining form
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