Word: screening
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: screen
ing
Definition: A method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease.
Morphemes:
Affix: screen
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: escren
Language: fro
Decoded: escren
PoS: Noun
Meaning: screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.