Word: bisphosphatases
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bis
phos
pha
ta
ses
Definition: Plural of bisphosphatase. An enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation
Morphemes:
Affix: bis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A variant of di- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B2O (cf. dioxide for XO2)
Affix: phosphate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φῶς
Language: grc
Decoded: phos
Meaning: light
Affix: φέρω
Language: grc
Decoded: phero
Meaning: to bear, to carry
Affix: -ate
Language: fr
Decoded: -ate
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ate
Affix: -ase
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the names of enzymes.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.