Word: mechanostat
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
cha
no
stat
Definition: A model describing bone growth and bone loss, based on a refinement of Wolff's law, and according to which these processes are stimulated by the local mechanical elastic deformation of bone.
Morphemes:
Affix: mechano-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: involving the use of machines or mechanisms
Affix: -stat
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect