Word: narcotherapy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: nar
co
ther
a
py
Definition: therapy that uses narcotics or other means to induce sleep
Morphemes:
Affix: narco-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to stupor, sleep, or a state of unconsciousness.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: νάρκη
Language: grc
Decoded: narke
Meaning: numbness
Affix: -όω
Language: grc
Decoded: -oo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with a causative or factitive meaning: to make someone do or be something.
Affix: therapy
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To treat with a therapy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: θερᾰ́πων
Language: grc
Decoded: therapon
Meaning: attendant, aide
Affix: -εύω
Language: grc
Decoded: -euo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to the stems of agent or other nouns in -εύς to form a denominative verb of condition or activity: meaning "be x" or "do what x typically does"
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns