Word: retrohoming
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
tro
ho
ming
Definition: The reintegration of an intron into DNA
Morphemes:
Affix: retro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Back or backward.
Affix: home
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To return to its owner.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.