Word: aptamers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ap
ta
mers
Definition: Plural of aptamer. Any subsequence of nucleic acid or protein, selected from a large random sequence- pool, used to bind to a specific target molecule.
Morphemes:
Affix: aptamer
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any subsequence of nucleic acid or protein, selected from a large random sequence-pool, used to bind to a specific target molecule.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: aptus
Language: la
Decoded: aptus
Meaning: apt, proper
Affix: -mer
Language: en
Decoded: -mer
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form words relating to chemical structure, denoting parts of a molecule, for example, monomer (one part), dimer (two parts), polymer (many parts).
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.