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[VirianLexicon]:[spirothete]

!!!Spirothete
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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 spiro-/Gk Pneuma (&#960;&#957;&#949;&#8166;&#956;&#945;), 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].

*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).

**Synthetic from 1690s, as a term in logic, "deductive," from French synthétique (17c.) and directly from Modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek synthetikos "skilled in putting together, constructive," from synthetos "put together, constructed, compounded," past participle of syntithenai "to put together" (see synthesis). From 1874 in reference to products or materials made artificially by chemical synthesis; hence "artificial" (1930). As a noun, "synthetic material," from 1934. Related: Synthetical (1620s in logic). [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=synthetic] (Accessed 2017-04-03).
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