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spherical geometry
spherical polygon
spherical triangle
spherical trigonometry
spherics
sphero-
spheroid
spherometer
spheroplast
spherule
spherulite
sphery
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sphinges
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spheroplast
spher·o·plast [ sfrō plàst, sférrō plàst ] (plural spher·o·plasts)


noun 
Definition:
 
altered bacterium or yeast cell: a bacterium or yeast cell that has lost part of its cell wall and is as a result spherical in shape and more sensitive to osmosis
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