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Definition of: morpheme
(môr′fēm) noun Ling.
The smallest lexical unit of a language, as a word, root, affix, or inflectional ending. Man, run, pro–, –ess, –ing, ouch, etc., are morphemes. [<F morphème <Gk. morphē form]
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