Word: gliotransmission
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gli
o
trans
mi
ssion
Definition: transmission between neurons facilitated by substances (gliotransmitters) released from glial cells
Morphemes:
Affix: glia
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γλία
Language: grc
Decoded: glia
PoS: Noun
Meaning: glue
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: transmission
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: transmissionem
Language: la
Decoded: transmissionem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: transmission, passage (the sending across of something)