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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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Example sentences from the Web for sphero-

  • He also obtained forms resembling sphero-crystals and starch grains.

    The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc

  • Sphero-hexagonal is black and in the shape of a small ball with a six-sided ring around it.

    The Gunner's Examiner|Harold E. Cloke

Medical definitions for sphero-

sphero-

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Sphere; spherical:spherocyte.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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