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sclero-

sclero- prefix: sclerous; hard.

Prefix

sclero-

  1. sclerous; hard
  2. sclera

Origin of sclero-

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).

Questions about sclero-

What does sclero- mean?
Sclero- means sclerous; hard.
What part of speech is sclero-?
Sclero- is a prefix.

Words near sclero- in the dictionary

  1. sclerites
  2. scleritic
  3. scleritis
  4. scleritome
  5. scleritomes
  6. sclero-
  7. scleroatrophic
  8. scleroatrophies
  9. scleroatrophy
  10. sclerobase
  11. sclerobases

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