Word: centimorgans
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cen
ti
mor
gans
Definition: Plural of centimorgan. A length of chromosome in which an average of 0. 01 crossover occurs per generation.
Morphemes:
Affix: centi-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: hundred; one-hundredth
Etymology Compounds: Affix: centum
Language: la
Decoded: centum
Meaning: hundred
Affix: morgan
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.