Word: vancomycin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: van
co
my
cin
Definition: A glycopeptide antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis, used in the form of its hydrochloride C66H75Cl2N9O24·HCl against Gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococci resistant to meticillin and enterococci.
Morphemes:
Affix: vanquish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To defeat, to overcome.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vincō
Language: la
Decoded: vinco
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I conquer, I defeat, I vanquish
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -mycin
Language: en
Meaning: antibiotic produced by a Streptomyces strain