sphero-

a combining form representing sphere in compound words: spherometer.

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Also sphaero-, -sphere; especially before a vowel, spher-.

Words nearby sphero-

spherical sailing, spherical triangle, spherical trigonometry, sphericity, spherics, sphero-, spherocyte, spherocytic anemia, spherocytosis, spheroid, spheroidal
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Medical definitions for sphero-

sphero-

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Sphere; spherical:spherocyte.
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