Word: deazapurines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dea
za
pur
ines
Definition: Plural of deazapurine. Any of several bicyclic heterocycles formally derived from purine by replacing a nitrogen atom with one of carbon.
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: aza-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to form names of organic compounds where a carbon atom is replaced by a nitrogen atom
Affix: purine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.