Word: autosomes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: au
to
somes
Definition: Plural of autosome; any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Morphemes:
Affix: auto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: auto- (relating to cars)
Affix: -some
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Chromosome.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.