Word: tractotomy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: trac
to
to
my
Definition: The surgical excision of nerve tracts in the medulla of the brain.
Morphemes:
Affix: tract
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tractatus
Language: la
Decoded: tractatus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: treatise, tract
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -tomy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A surgical incision; the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τέμνω
Language: grc
Decoded: temno
Meaning: I cut