Word: mesethmoids
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
se
th
moids
Definition: Plural of mesethmoid. A bony cartilage, in the centre of the ethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of the nasal septum.
Morphemes:
Affix: meso-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Designating an achiral member of a group of diastereoisomers that has at least one chiral member
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μέσος
Language: grc
Decoded: mesos
Meaning: middle
Affix: ethmoid
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone; one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἠθμός
Language: grc
Decoded: ethmos
Meaning: a strainer, sieve
Affix: εἶδος
Language: grc
Decoded: eidos
Meaning: form, appearance
Affix: -ής
Language: grc
Decoded: -es
Meaning: -ής
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).