Word: asplenics
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: asple
nics
Definition: Plural of asplenic; used to describe reduced ('hypo-') splenic functioning, but not as severely affected as with asplenism
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: In dialect, it is sometimes conflated with sense 5 of the previous definition, and is used as a general indicator of a participle.
Affix: spleno-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: spleen
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σπλήν
Language: grc
Decoded: splen
Meaning: spleen
Affix: -ia
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.