Word: postcommissures
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: post
co
mmi
ssures
Definition: Plural of postcommissure. A transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: after, later
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: commissure
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: commissura
Language: la
Decoded: commissura
Meaning: a joining or connecting together
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).