Word: heterophanes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: he
ter
o
phanes
Definition: Plural of heterophane. In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any derivative of a phane in which a carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom
Morphemes:
Affix: hetero-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: other, different
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἕτερος
Language: grc
Decoded: eteros
Meaning: other, another, different
Affix: phane
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.