Word: lectins
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lec
tins
Definition: Plural of lectin; any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
Morphemes:
Affix: lectin
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: lēctus
Language: la
Decoded: lectus
Meaning: chosen
Affix: -in
Language: en
Decoded: -in
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin).
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).