1. The result of adding an affix to a root word 
2. Formation of a word by means of an affix 
3. The act of attaching or affixing something
   - attachment

Derived forms: affixations

See also: affix

Type of: combination, combining, compounding, formation, morphology, sound structure, syllable structure, word structure

Encyclopedia: Affixation

• nerve block anesthesia
• nerve cell
• nerve center
• nerve centre
• nerve compression
• nerve deafness
• nerve end
• nerve ending
• nerve entrapment
• nerve fiber
• nerve fibre
• nerve gas
• nerve growth factor
• nerve impulse
• nerve pathway
• nerve plexus
• nerve tissue
• nerve tract
• nerve-racking
• nerve-wracking
• nerveless
• nervelessly
• nervelessness
• nerveroot
• nerves