sclero-

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Sclero- is a combining form used like a prefix to mean "hard" or as a form of sclera, the white outer layer of the eyeball. Sclero- is often used in medical and scientific terms.Sclero- comes from the Greek �����ŧ��ó��, meaning “hard.” The Greek �����ŧ��ó�� also helps form the Greek word �����ḗrō������, literally meaning “hardening” and source of the English word sclerosis. You may have encountered sclerosis in the word atherosclerosis, the hardening of the arteries.������ are variants of sclero-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, sclero- becomes scler-, as in sclerema.