Word: invasin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: in
va
sin
Definition: Any of a class of proteins associated with the penetration of bacteria into mammalian cells
Morphemes:
Affix: invade
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To infest or overrun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: vādō
Language: la
Decoded: vado
Meaning: I go, rush
Affix: -sion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.
Affix: -in
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an antibiotic