Word: extension
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ex
ten
sion
Definition: The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
Morphemes:
Affix: extend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To straighten (a limb).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex-
Language: la
Decoded: ex-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: denoting privation
Affix: tendō
Language: la
Decoded: tendo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To stretch, stretch out, distend, extend.
Affix: -sion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.