Word: provirophage
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pro
vi
ro
phage
Definition: A virophage of a provirus; cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell
Morphemes:
Affix: pro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: similar to
Affix: viro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: virus
Affix: -phage
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Something that eats, or consumes.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φᾰγεῖν
Language: grc
Decoded: phagein
Meaning: to eat
Affix: -ος
Language: grc
Decoded: -os
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verbal roots to form a noun of result or an abstract noun of action.