Word: spliceosomes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spli
ce
o
somes
Definition: Plural of spliceosome. A dynamic complex of RNA and protein subunits that removes introns from precursor mRNA.
Morphemes:
Affix: splice
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
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: -some
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Chromosome.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.