Word: pharmacogenetics
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: phar
ma
co
ge
net
ics
Definition: The study of genetic variation that gives rise to differing responses to drugs.
Morphemes:
Affix: pharmaco-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: medication
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φάρμακον
Language: grc
Decoded: pharmakon
Meaning: drug
Affix: gene
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γενεά
Language: grc
Decoded: genea
Meaning: generation, descent
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in the formation of certain English adverbs.