Word: dissectors
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
ssec
tors
Definition: Plural of dissector; the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure
Morphemes:
Affix: dissect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
Meaning: asunder
Affix: secare
Language: la
Decoded: secare
Meaning: to cut
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.