Word: ethnopharmacy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: eth
no
phar
ma
cy
Definition: An interdisciplinary science that investigates the perception and use of pharmaceuticals (especially traditional medicines) in human society.
Morphemes:
Affix: ethno-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἔθνος
Language: grc
Decoded: ethnos
Meaning: a company, later a people, nation
Affix: pharmacy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φαρμακεύω
Language: grc
Decoded: pharmakeuo
Meaning: to use drugs
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns