Word: pleurapophysis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pleu
ra
poph
y
sis
Definition: A process on a vertebra that is essentially a vertebral rib.
Morphemes:
Affix: pleura
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A lateral part in an animal body or structure.
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: apo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: derived from, or related to
Affix: -physis
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Form or structure.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φῠ́ω
Language: grc
Decoded: phuo
Meaning: grow
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process