Word: transinfection
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tran
sin
fec
tion
Definition: The infection of one host with a bacterium or virus taken from another, often using microinjection, in order to study the different roles of host and infected species
Morphemes:
Affix: trans-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trāns
Language: la
Decoded: trans
Meaning: across, on the far side, beyond
Affix: infect
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Infected.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: not
Affix: factus
Language: la
Decoded: factus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: became
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.