Word: withdrawal
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: with
draw
al
Definition: A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.
Morphemes:
Affix: withdraw
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: with-
Language: enm
Decoded: with-
Meaning: away, back
Affix: drawen
Language: enm
Decoded: drawen
Meaning: to draw
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.