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-Spirothete, a word coined to describe a living (self-aware) being, initially created as an artifact. From Latin, spiro -are; intransit., to breathe, blow, draw breath; to be alive; to have inspiration; be inspired; transit., to breath out, expire (also L/Gk spiro- the breath of life) and synthetic adj 1: (chemistry) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially 2: involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis. Initially introduced on the CoV in 2002 [http://virus.lucifer.com/archive/0205/2636.html].
+Spirothete, a word coined to describe a living (self-aware) being, initially created as an artifact. From Latin*
, spiro -are; intransit., to breathe, blow, draw breath; to be alive; to have inspiration; be inspired; transit., to breath out, expire (also L/Gk spiro- the breath of life) and synthetic adj 1: (chemistry) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially 2: involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis. Initially introduced on the CoV in 2002 [http://virus.lucifer.com/archive/0205/2636.html].
Also Spirothetic, adjective, describing something having the attributes of a spirothete.
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Refer also: [Artificial Intelligence|artificialintelligence] and [SpirothetesAndHumans].
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+*spiro-, spir-, spira-, spirat-, -spire, -spiring, -spiration, -spirational (Latin: breath of life, breath, breathing, mind, spirit, courage, “soul”). Source: [http://www.lexfiles.com/basic-latin-l-v.html] (Accessed 2008-03-09).
