Word: bisbiguanides
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bis
big
ua
nides
Definition: Plural of bisbiguanide; a class of chemically related compounds known for their bactericidal properties
Morphemes:
Affix: bis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A variant of di- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B2O (cf. dioxide for XO2)
Affix: bi-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bio-
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bis
Language: la
Decoded: bis
Meaning: twice
Affix: guanide
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any univalent radical or anion derived from guanidine
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.