Word: blastocystosis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bla
sto
cy
sto
sis
Definition: infection with Blastocystis parasites
Morphemes:
Affix: Blastocystis
Language: en
PoS: Proper noun
Meaning: Proper noun~ Commensal yeasts common in human feces and a frequent source of confusion in fecal examinations for the detection of pathogenic protozoans.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βλᾰστᾰ́νω
Language: grc
Decoded: blastano
Meaning: to bud, sprout
Affix: -τός
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive
Affix: κύστις
Language: grc
Decoded: kustis
Meaning: bladder, pouch
Affix: -osis
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: functional disease or condition such as hepatosis
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -όω
Language: grc
Decoded: -oo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with a causative or factitive meaning: to make someone do or be something.
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process