Word: auxostat
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: au
xo
stat
Definition: A continuous-culture device using feedback from a measurement taken on the growth chamber to control the media flow rate, maintaining the measurement at a constant.
Morphemes:
Affix: auxo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Growth or increase.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: auxi
Language: la
Decoded: auxi
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I increase, augment
Affix: -stat
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect