Word: microbombarded
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: mi
cro
bom
bar
ded
Definition: Modified using biolistics. The introduction of DNA into a plant or animal cell by coating it onto the surface of a pellet and firing it into the tissue at high velocity.
Morphemes:
Affix: micro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Very small.
Affix: bombard
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bombarde
Language: fr
Decoded: bombarde
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to shell, blitz
Affix: -er
Language: fr
Decoded: -er
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.