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spiro-

1
  1. a combining form meaning “respiration,” used in the formation of compound words.

    spirograph.



spiro-

2
especially before a vowel, spir-
  1. a combining form meaning “coil,” “spiral,” used in the formation of compound words.

    spirochete.

spiro-

1

combining form

  1. indicating breath or respiration

    spirograph

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

spiro-

2

combining form

  1. spiral; coil

    spirochaete

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiro-1

Combining form of Latin ī “to breathe”

Origin of spiro-2

Combining form of Latin ī, from Greek î “cǾ”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiro-1

from Latin ī to breathe

Origin of spiro-2

from Latin ī, from Greek speira a coil
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Example Sentences

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And one of those Sian is backing is "phenomenal" singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro, who plays the BBC Introducing stage on Saturday.

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He dispatched Vice President Spiro Agnew, who disparaged reporters as “impudent snobs” and called TV reporters and anchors a “tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men” with “vast power” and “no checks” on “their vast power.”

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Following the ruling, Alex Spiro, the attorney for Mayor Adams, said the case "should have never been brought in the first place".

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Jay-Z's attorney, Alex Spiro, emphasised in a separate statement that the case "never should have been brought".

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The hip-hop mogul’s attorney, Alex Spiro, said in a statement that the “false case” against Jay-Z “never should have been brought.”

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