Word: undertreatment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
treat
ment
Definition: Insufficient treatment, often specifically medical treatment
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: treat
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trahō
Language: la
Decoded: traho
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I extract, withdraw.
Affix: -tō
Language: la
Decoded: -to
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms the past participle of verbs.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.