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morpheme
mor·pheme [ máwr fm ] (plural mor·phemes)


noun 
Definition:
 
smallest unit of speech: the smallest meaningful element of speech or writing
[Late 19th century. < French< Greek morphē "form," after phoneme]

mor·phem·ic [ mawr fmik ] adjective
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