Word: cryonics
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cry
on
ics
Definition: The cryopreservation of a person with medical needs that cannot be met by available medicine until resuscitation and healing by future medicine is possible.
Morphemes:
Affix: cryo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: cryonics; the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
Affix: -n-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Alternative form of -ner-; a monoclonal antibody that targets the nervous system
Affix: -ics
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.