Word: embryotoxic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: em
bry
o
to
xic
Definition: Exhibiting embryotoxicity; substances that may cause birth defects via a toxic effect on an embryo or fetus
Morphemes:
Affix: embryo
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἐν
Language: grc
Decoded: en
Meaning: in-
Affix: βρύω
Language: grc
Decoded: bruo
Meaning: I grow, swell
Affix: toxic
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: toxicum
Language: la
Decoded: toxicum
Meaning: poison