Word: abiotrophic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: a
bi
o
trop
ic
Definition: Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
Meaning: without
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The alpha privativum, used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. It is also known as privative a and alpha privative.
Affix: bio
Language: en
Meaning: life
Affix: -trophy
Language: en
Meaning: development
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τρέφω
Language: grc
Decoded: trepho
Meaning: to maintain, support
Affix: -η
Language: grc
Decoded: -e
Meaning: o-grade
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to