Word: icosapeptides
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: i
co
sa
pep
tides
Definition: Plural of icosapeptide. Any oligopeptide that has twenty amino acid units
Morphemes:
Affix: icosa-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: twenty
Etymology Compounds: Affix: εἴκοσι
Language: grc
Decoded: eikosi
Meaning: twenty
Affix: peptide
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πεπτός
Language: grc
Decoded: peptos
Meaning: digested
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).