Word: blepharostats
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ble
phar
o
stats
Definition: Plural of blepharostat. An instrument used to keep the eyelids apart during an operation
Morphemes:
Affix: blepharo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Eyelid
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βλέφαρον
Language: grc
Decoded: blepharon
Meaning: eyelid
Affix: -stat
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.