词根词缀:concho-, conch-, conchi-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: shell, sea shells; shell-like bone or cavity of the body
【相关词根词缀】 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-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.
【同源单词】cochle, cochlea, cochlearia, cochleary, cochleate, cochleiform
词根词缀:spiro-, spir-, spiri-
【来源及含义】Greek, speira > Latin, spira: coil, coiled; twisted, turning
【相关描述】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".
【相关词根词缀】There are other "coil" words at this helico- unit.
【同源单词】conchospiral, spiradenitis, spiradenoma, spiral, spiral, spiral