Word: bacteriostasis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bac
te
ri
o
sta
sis
Definition: A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.
Morphemes:
Affix: bacterio-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bacteria
Affix: stasis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἵστημι
Language: grc
Decoded: istemi
Meaning: to stand
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process