Word: dyskerin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dys
ker
in
Definition: A human gene, Dyskeratosis congenita 1, a small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein in which mutations are responsible for Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome.
Morphemes:
Affix: dys-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad
Etymology Compounds: Affix: δυσ-
Language: grc
Decoded: dus-
Meaning: hard, difficult, bad
Affix: kerat-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: horn
Affix: -osis
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: functional disease or condition such as hepatosis
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -όω
Language: grc
Decoded: -oo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with a causative or factitive meaning: to make someone do or be something.
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: -in
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a pharmaceutical product; any substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed