Word: antimotifs
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
mo
tifs
Definition: Plural of antimotif. A pattern, in a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, that appears less often than chance would predict and is conjectured to have biological significance.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Against, hostile to.
Affix: motif
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: motif
Language: fr
Decoded: motif
PoS: Noun
Meaning: pattern, design
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.