spiro-, spir-, spiri- (coil) +
(Greek, speira > Latin, spira: coil, coiled; twisted)
The Greek speira refers to anything which is wound or wrapped around something. In the plural, speirai, it includes the twisted folds or coils of a serpent or of a net; therefore, it refers to anything which is coiled, wreathed, or twisted; such as, a coil of a snake.
Careful, there is another spiro- which means "breath of life; breathing, breath".
conchospiral
A kind of spiral curve exemplified in shells.
spiradenitis
1. Inflammation of the sweat glands; also,
hidradenitis.
2. A funiculus (small structure resembling a cord) beginning in the coil of a sweat gland.
Spiro-, "coil" + aden, "gland" + -itis, "inflammation".
spiradenoma
A benign tumor of sweat glands, especially of the coil portion (from speira, "coil" + adenoma, "benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue").
spiral
Coiling around a center like the thread of a screw.
spiranthy
The displacement of flower parts through twisting.
spiraster
A spiral and rayed sponge spicule.
spire
1. The totality of whorls of a spinal shell.
2. The area farthest from the aperture and nearest the apex on a coiled gastropod shell.
3. A winding line like the threads of a screw
4. Any thing wreathed or contorted; a curl; a twist; a wreath.
spiricle
One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds.
When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.
spiricles
Thin, coiled, threadlike outgrowths of some seed coats.
spirifer
Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
spiriferous
Having a spiral structure.
Spirillaceae
A family of usually motile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (order
Pseudomonadales) containing Gram-negative, rod-shaped cells which are curved or spirally twisted.
Motile cells contain a single polar flagellum or a tuft of polar flagella.
These organisms are primarily water forms, although some are parasitic or pathogenic on humans and other higher animals. The type genus is Spirillum.
spirillicidal
Destructive to spirochetes or spirilla.
spirillicide
An agent that is destructive to spirilla (spiral or curved bacteria).
spirillolysis
The destruction of spirilla.
There are other "coil" words at this helico- unit.
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