Word: argyria
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ar
gy
ri
a
Definition: A condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust, the most dramatic symptom of which being that the skin turns purple or purple-grey.
Morphemes:
Affix: argyr-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: silver
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἄργυρος
Language: grc
Decoded: arguros
PoS: Noun
Meaning: silver
Affix: -ia
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.