Word: lipotransfection
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: li
pot
rans
fec
tion
Definition: transfection aided by the use of liposomes; an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
Morphemes:
Affix: lipo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: lipids; an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: λῐ́πος
Language: grc
Decoded: lipos
Meaning: animal fat
Affix: trans-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual.
Affix: infect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in
Affix: factus
Language: la
Decoded: factus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: done, made, having been done or made
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.