Word: asepticize
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: a
sep
ti
cize
Definition: To render aseptic; to sterilize; to cleanse of pathogenic materials.
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Forming verbs with the sense of intensified action.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: a-
Language: enm
Decoded: a-
Meaning: up, out, away
Affix: septic
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σήπω
Language: grc
Decoded: sepo
Meaning: make rotten
Affix: -τος
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms adjectives from nouns
Affix: -κός
Language: grc
Decoded: -kos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to', 'in the manner of'
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective