sphere
(sfēr)
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[L. sphaera, sphera, globe fr. Gr. sphaira, a ball]
1. A ball or globelike structure.
2. The power of a corrective lens to correct nearsighted or farsighted refractive defects. Sphere is measured in diopters.
SYN: SEE: optometric sphere
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Sphere." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750348/all/sphere.
Sphere. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750348/all/sphere. Accessed August 31, 2024.
Sphere. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750348/all/sphere
Sphere [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 August 31]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750348/all/sphere.
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