Word: metallothionines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ta
llo
thi
onines
Definition: Plural of metallothionine. A metal- binding protein.
Morphemes:
Affix: metallo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: metal
Affix: thionine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The unsaturated nine-membered heterocycle having eight carbon atoms, one sulfur atom and four double bonds.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: origin
Language: grc
Decoded: origin
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Ancestry.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).