Word: anismus
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
nis
mus
Definition: A malfunction of the external anal sphincter and puborectalis muscle during defecation, sometimes causing constipation.
Morphemes:
Affix: ano-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: anus
Affix: -ismus
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming compound nouns describing a condition or system.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ismus
Language: la
Decoded: -ismus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ism; Suffixed to nouns or verbs to forms masculine abstract nouns of practice (action or incidence), result, teaching (doctrine or philosophy), or status (state or condition) related to the thing or action so suffixed