Word: icteric
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ic
te
ic
Definition: A medicine for jaundice.
Morphemes:
Affix: icterus
Language: en
Meaning: jaundice
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἴκτερος
Language: grc
Decoded: ikteros
Meaning: jaundice
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