SPIR-


Meaning of SPIR- in English

combining form

or spiri- or spiro-

Etymology: Late Latin spir-, from Latin spira — more at spire

1. : coil : twist

Spir anthes

spiri valve

Spiro chaeta

2. : a chemical compound that contains one or more systems of two rings having a single atom in common with a resulting figure-eight arrangement of atoms

spiro pentane

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