Word: prelamin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
la
min
Definition: Any of a group of precursors of lamins; fibrous proteins in type V intermediate filaments, providing structural function and transcriptional regulation in the cell nucleus
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; physically in front of; anterior.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: lamina
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: one of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof
Etymology Compounds: Affix: lāmina
Language: la
Decoded: lamina
Meaning: a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer
Affix: -in
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin).