Word: morphostasis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mor
pho
sta
sis
Definition: The maintenance of a system's current form when its environment changes
Morphemes:
Affix: morpho-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: shape, form, or morphology.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μορφή
Language: grc
Decoded: morphe
Meaning: form
Affix: stasis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἵστημι
Language: grc
Decoded: istemi
Meaning: to stand
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process