Word: calcitonin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cal
ci
to
nin
Definition: A polypeptide hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that has the effect of lowering blood calcium.
Morphemes:
Affix: calci-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Related to calcium or its compounds.
Affix: tone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
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: -in
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a pharmaceutical product; any substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed