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stereo-
CIDE DICTIONARY
stereo-, [Gr. stereo`s solid. See Stare to gaze.].
A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stereo-, comb. form solid; having three dimensions.
Etymology
Gk stereos solid
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