Word: downstage
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: down
stage
Definition: To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage ).
Morphemes:
Affix: down-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: lower position or direction, literally or figuratively.
Affix: stage
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ester
Language: fr
Decoded: ester
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to be
Affix: -age
Language: fr
Decoded: -age
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".