Word: NETosis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ne
to
sis
Definition: A death process for neutrophil cells, whereby the neutrophils expel their chromatin to form a neutrophil extracellular NET, a net-like structure to capture invader chemicals and bodies, and cause clotting to block off a region of the body.
Morphemes:
Affix: NET
Language: en
PoS: Preposition
Meaning: Initialism of no earlier than or not earlier than.
Affix: -osis
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: functional disease or condition such as hepatosis
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -όω
Language: grc
Decoded: -oo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with a causative or factitive meaning: to make someone do or be something.
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process