Word: retroinfection
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
troin
fec
tion
Definition: An infection in the reverse of the normal direction, especially an infection of a mother from a fetus
Morphemes:
Affix: retro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: In the opposite direction.
Affix: infect
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Infected.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: not
Affix: factus
Language: la
Decoded: factus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: became
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.