Word: tetraspans
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: te
tra
spans
Definition: Plural of tetraspan. Any of a family of membrane glycoproteins whose multimolecular complexes have four transmembrane domains
Morphemes:
Affix: tetra-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Four.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τέτταρες
Language: grc
Decoded: tettares
PoS: Numeral
Meaning: four
Affix: span
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).