Word: complementology
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: com
ple
men
to
lo
gy
Definition: The branch of immunology that deals with complement (one of four proteolytic cascades in blood).
Morphemes:
Affix: complement
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
Affix: pleō
Language: la
Decoded: pleo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill".
Affix: -mentum
Language: la
Decoded: -mentum
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: instrument, medium, or result of; e.g. monumentum
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -logy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -logia
Language: la
Decoded: -logia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -logy; the study of