Word: hemisomes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: he
mi
somes
Definition: Plural of hemisome. A coil of DNA, surrounding a core of four histones, in a centromere
Morphemes:
Affix: hemi-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Half.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
Meaning: before
Affix: fīgō
Language: la
Decoded: figo
Meaning: I fix”, “I fasten”, “I affix
Affix: -some
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Chromosome.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).