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sphero-

a combining form representing sphere in compound words: spherometer.
Also, sphaero-, -sphere; especially before a vowel, spher-.
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spher-  
pref.  Variant of sphero-.
sphero- or spher-  
pref.  Sphere: spherometer.

[Latin sphaero-, from Greek sphairo-, from sphaira, sphere.]
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sphero- or spher-
pref.
Sphere; spherical: spherocyte.

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