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a combining form meaning “wedge,” used in the formation of compound words: sphenography.
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Also especially before a vowel, sphen-.
Origin of spheno-
Words nearby spheno-
sphecid, sphen-, sphene, sphenic, sphenion, spheno-, sphenocephaly, sphenodon, sphenoethmoidal suture, sphenogram, sphenography
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How to use spheno- in a sentence
The lower incision should run directly backwards from the lower orbital margin into the spheno-maxillary fissure.
Again, the spheno-pterygoid foramen is found in 4.8 per cent.
The Criminal|Havelock EllisThe spheno-frontal articulation is completely obliterated on the left, but traces of it remain on the right side.
British Dictionary definitions for spheno-
spheno-
before a vowel sphen-
combining form
having the shape of a wedgesphenogram
Word Origin for spheno-
from Greek sphēn wedge
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Medical definitions for spheno-
spheno-
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Wedge; wedge-shaped:sphenocephaly.
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