Word: misabsorb
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mis
ab
sorb
Definition: To absorb wrongly.
Morphemes:
Affix: mis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Affix: absorb
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab-
Language: la
Decoded: ab-
Meaning: from
Affix: sorbeō
Language: la
Decoded: sorbeo
Meaning: suck in, swallow