Word: pagibaximab
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pa
gi
ba
xi
mab
Definition: A chimeric monoclonal antibody under investigation for the prevention of staphylococcal sepsis in infants with low birth weight.
Morphemes:
Affix: -ba-
Language: en
PoS: Infix
Meaning: a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -bac-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation
Affix: chimera
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: alternative case form of Chimera. (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: χίμαιρα
Language: grc
Decoded: khimaira
Meaning: chimera; female goat
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from
Affix: -mab
Language: en
Meaning: monoclonal antibody