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Word Unit: spermo-, sperm-, spermato-, spermat- (Latin: seed, germ; pertaining to semen).

Word Unit: -sperse, -spersed, -spersing, -spersion (Latin: to scatter, to strew, to sprinkle).

Word Unit: sphagn-, sphagno-, sphagni- (Greek: moss).

Word Unit: sphec-, spheco-, sphek-, spheko- (Greek: wasp).

Word Unit: spheno-, sphen- (Greek: a wedge; the sphenoid bone, a wedge-shaped bone found at the base of the skull).

Word Unit: sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (Greek: ball, round).

Related ball, sphere-word units: glob-, glom-; hemoglobin-.

Word Unit: sphinctero-, sphincter- (Greek > Latin: that which binds tightly, press together; band, lace; hence, muscle that closes an aperture of the body; a ringlike band of muscle fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural orifice).

Word Unit: sphygmo-, sphygm-, -sphyxia (Greek: pulse, pulsation; throbbing).

Word Unit: spic-, spiculi- (Latin: point, spike).

Word Unit: spin-, spino-, spini- (Latin: thorn, prickle; by extension, "backbone", the spinal cord).

Word Unit: spiro-, spir-, spira-, spirat-, -spire, -spiring, -spiration, -spirational (breath) (Latin: breath of life, breath, breathing; mind; spirit, "soul"; courage).

Word units related to breath and breathe: hal-; pneo-; pneumato-; pneumo-; psych-.

Word Unit: spiro-, spir-, spiri- (coil) + (Greek, speira > Latin, spira: coil, coiled; twisted).

There are other "coil" words at this helico- unit.

Word Unit: spirochet-, spirochaet-, spirocheta-, spirocheti- (long flowing) + (Greek: coil; [long flowing] hair; hence, "hair, bristle"; spirochetes, coil-shaped microorganisms).

Word Unit: splanchn-, splanchno- + (Greek: entrails, intestines, viscera [internal organs collectively; especially, those in the abdominal cavity] ).

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "internal organs, entrails, inside": ent-; enter-; fistul-; incret-; inter-; intra-; viscer-.

Word Unit: splendo-, splend- + (Latin: to shine, shining; to gleam, to glisten; illustrious; bright, brilliant; magnificent, sumptuous).

Etymologically related "light, shine, glow" word families: ethero-; fulg-; luco-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; pheno-; phospho-; photo-; scinti-, scintill-.

Word Unit: spleno-, splen-, splenico-, spleni-, -splenism, -splenia, -splenic (Greek: spleen, "the inward parts;" the elongated accessory lymphatic organ of the vascular [blood] system).

Word Unit: Splogs (used to attract ad-clicking visitors, content must be created, begged, borrowed, or most commonly, simply stolen).

Word Unit: spodo-, spod- (Greek: ashes; waste materials).

Word Unit: spond-, spon-, spons-, -spondence, -spondent, -spondency, -spondencies (Latin: bind oneself; promise, pledge).

Word Unit: spondylo-, spondyl- (Greek: spine, spinal column, vertebra).

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