spiro-, spir-, spira-, spirat-, -spire, -spiring, -spiration, -spirational
(Latin: breath of life, breath, breathing; mind; spirit, "soul"; courage)
Don't confuse this spiro-, with another spiro- meaning "coil, twisted".
spirogram
A tracing produced by a spirograph that provides a continuous tracing of the movements of the lungs during respiration.
spirograph
A device for representing graphically the depth and rapidity of respiratory movements.
spirography
1. The graphic measurement of breathing, including breathing movements and breathing capacity.
2. A recorded tracings of the movements of the chest during respiration.
2. A recorded tracings of the movements of the chest during respiration.
spirometer
spirometer
spirometrics
sprightliness
sprightly
sprite
suspiration
suspire
suspire
transpirable (adjective) (not comparable)
Possible to pass through a tissue or other substance: An individual's skin is transpirable in that perspiration can pass through the pores.
The surface of leaves of plants are transpirable and the dew it produces evaporates into the air.
transpiration
transpiratory
