Word: ectosomes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ec
to
somes
Definition: Plural of ectosome. An extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane
Morphemes:
Affix: ecto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: outside
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἐκτός
Language: grc
Decoded: ektos
Meaning: outside
Affix: -some
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Chromosome.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.