Word: cryofractured
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: cry
of
rac
tured
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of cryofracture; a collective term for several mechanical weathering processes induced by stresses created by the freezing of water into ice
Morphemes:
Affix: cryo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: cryonics; the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
Affix: fracture
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To break, or cause something to break.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fractūra
Language: la
Decoded: fractura
Meaning: a breach, fracture, cleft
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.