Word: chromomere
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: chro
mo
mere
Definition: Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division.
Morphemes:
Affix: chromo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: chromatin; the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes
Affix: -mere
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns with the sense of part, segment
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μείρομαι
Language: grc
Decoded: meiromai
Meaning: to receive as ones portion
Affix: -ος
Language: grc
Decoded: -os
Meaning: neuter noun