Word: colibacillosis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
li
ba
ci
llo
sis
Definition: disease caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli
Morphemes:
Affix: coli
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: colī
Language: la
Decoded: coli
PoS: Noun
Meaning: colic, a disease of the colon
Affix: bacillo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bacillus; aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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