Word: apurinic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: a
pu
ri
nic
Definition: From which purines have been removed.
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Away from.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab
Language: la
Decoded: ab
Meaning: of, off, from, away
Affix: purine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from