Word: chordoma
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: chor
do
ma
Definition: A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.
Morphemes:
Affix: chord
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
Affix: -oma
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be benign or cancerous (malignant).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -μα
Language: grc
Decoded: -ma
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verbal stems to form neuter nouns denoting the result or effect of an action, a particular instance of an action, or the object of an action