Word: schizophrenic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: schiz
o
phre
ic
Definition: Of or relating to schizophrenia; any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Morphemes:
Affix: schizophrenia
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σχίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: skhizo
Meaning: to split
Affix: φρήν
Language: grc
Decoded: phren
Meaning: mind, heart, diaphragm
Affix: -ia
Language: en
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to