Word: glucostasis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: glu
co
sta
sis
Definition: The maintenance of a more-or-less constant level of glucose in the body
Morphemes:
Affix: gluco-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: glucose
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γλυκύς
Language: grc
Decoded: glukus
Meaning: sweet
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