Word: liposomes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: li
po
somes
Definition: Plural of liposome; an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
Morphemes:
Affix: lipo-
Language: en
Meaning: fat
Etymology Compounds: Affix: λῐ́πος
Language: grc
Decoded: lipos
Meaning: animal fat
Affix: -some
Language: en
Meaning: body
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σῶμα
Language: grc
Decoded: soma
Meaning: body
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.