Word: protosplice
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pro
to
splice
Definition: Describing a site in a codon into which introns are first inserted
Morphemes:
Affix: proto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: first
Affix: splice
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.