Word: cancerostatic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: can
cer
o
sta
tic
Definition: That halts the spread or development of a cancer.
Morphemes:
Affix: cancer
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cancer
Language: la
Decoded: cancer
Meaning: crab
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -static
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -stasis