词根词缀：spirochet-, spirochaet-, spirocheta-, spirocheti- (long flowing)

【来源及含义】Greek: coil; [long flowing] hair; hence, "hair, bristle"; spirochetes, coil-shaped microorganisms

【同源单词】bronchospirochetosis, fusospirochetal, fusospirochetosis, spirochete, spirochetemia, spirocheticidal

词根词缀：spiss-, -spiss

【来源及含义】Latin spissus: thick, compact, dense; thickness, compactness, density

【同源单词】cirrus spissatus, conspissation, inspissant, inspissate, inspissated, inspissation

词根词缀：splanchn-, splanchno-

【来源及含义】Greek: entrails, intestines, viscera [internal organs collectively; especially, those in the abdominal cavity]

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "internal organs, entrails, inside": ent-; enter-; fistul-; incret-; inter-; intra-; viscer-. A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.

【同源单词】splanchnapophysis, splanchnemphraxis, splanchnesthesia, splanchnic, splanchnicectomy, splanchnocele

词根词缀：splendo-, splend-

【来源及含义】Latin: to shine, shining; to gleam, to glisten; illustrious; bright; brilliant, brilliance; magnificent, sumptuous

【相关词根词缀】 Etymologically related "light, shine, glow" word families: ethero-; fulg-; luco-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; pheno-; phospho-; photo-; scinti-, scintill-.

【同源单词】brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant, Fortuna vitrea est, Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum, resplendence

词根词缀：spleno-, splen-, splenico-, spleni-, -splenism, -splenia, -splenic

【来源及含义】Greek: spleen, "the inward parts;" the elongated accessory lymphatic organ of the vascular [blood] system

【相关描述】The spleen is a large glandlike, but ductless, organ situated in the upper part of the abdominal cavity on the left side and lateral to the cardiac end of the stomach.

It is also called the lien. The largest structure in the lymphoid system, it is a flattened oblong shaped structure of about 125 mm. in length.

It disintegrates the red blood cells and sets the hemoglobin free, which the liver converts into bilirubin; it gives rise to new red blood cells during fetal life and in the newborn; serves as a reservoir of blood; produces lymphocytes and plasma cells; and has other important functions, the full scope of which hasn't been entirely determined.

【同源单词】asplenia, asplenic, autosplenectomy, Habet et musca splenem, hepatosplenitis, hepatosplenomegaly

词根词缀：spodo-, spod-

【来源及含义】Greek: ashes; waste materials

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; -bust; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; volcan-.

【同源单词】spodiomyelitis, spodium, spodogenous, spodogram, spodography, spodomancy

词根词缀：spond-, spon-, spons-, -spondence, -spondent,-spondency, -spondencies

【来源及含义】Latin: to bind oneself; to pledge; to promise solemnly; to adopt and support a cause

【同源单词】correspond, correspondence, correspondent, correspondent, correspondently, correspondingly

词根词缀：spondylo-, spondyl-

【来源及含义】Greek: spine, spinal column, vertebra

【同源单词】asterospondylous, perispondylitis, platyspondulia, spondylalgia, spondylarthritis, spondylitic

词根词缀：spongi-, spongio-, spong-, spongo-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: sponge

【同源单词】abdominal sponge, absorbable gelatin sponge, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, ceratospongiae, myelospongium, sponge

词根词缀：sporo-, spor-, spori-, -sporium

【来源及含义】Greek: seed, seeding; a sowing; a crop; seedtime

【同源单词】acrospore, acrosporous, androspore, anemovane, anisospore, archispore