Word: preprohormones
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
pro
hor
mones
Definition: Plural of preprohormone. The precursor of a prohormone
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: pro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: similar to
Affix: hormone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A synthetic compound with the same activity.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὁρμή
Language: grc
Decoded: orme
Meaning: rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.