-hedron

-hedron
a combining form meaning "face," used in the names of geometrical solid figures having the form or number of faces specified by the initial element: tetrahedron.
[ < Gk -edron, neut. of -edros having bases, -sided, equiv. to (h)édr(a) seat, face of a geometrical form (see CATHEDRA) + -os adj. suffix]

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