Word: seroconversion
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: se
ro
con
ver
sion
Definition: The development of specific antibodies in the blood serum as a result of infection or immunization
Morphemes:
Affix: sero-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: now often used in reference to HIV or other viruses in the blood
Affix: convert
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: vertō
Language: la
Decoded: verto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I translate
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.