Word: corticomeningeal
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: cor
ti
co
me
nin
geal
Definition: Relating to the meninges of the cerebral cortex
Morphemes:
Affix: cortico-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: cortex, usually the adrenal cortex or the cerebral cortex.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cortex
Language: la
Decoded: cortex
Meaning: bark
Affix: meningeal
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Relating to the meninges; a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μῆνῐγξ
Language: grc
Decoded: menigx
Meaning: membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum
Affix: -a
Language: la
Decoded: -a
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: suffixed to nouns or adjectives — originally a-stem nouns, but later nouns with other stems — forms regular first-conjugation verbs
Affix: -eus
Language: la
Decoded: -eus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, and so to nominally indicate the source of an attribute.