Word: spliceostatins
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spli
ce
o
sta
tins
Definition: Plural of spliceostatin
Morphemes:
Affix: splice
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To unite as if splicing.
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: statin
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.