Word: polypurines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: po
ly
pur
ines
Definition: Plural of polypurine. A continuous sequence of purines in a nucleic acid.
Morphemes:
Affix: poly-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: polymer
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πολύς
Language: grc
Decoded: polus
Meaning: many, much
Affix: purine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.