Word: pleurocentrum
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pleu
ro
cen
trum
Definition: One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
Morphemes:
Affix: pleura
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A lateral part in an animal body or structure.
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
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: centrum
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: centrum
Language: la
Decoded: centrum
PoS: Noun
Meaning: center ; centre