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-anine

-anine suffix: chemical suffix denoting a substance (usually an alkaloid or amine) derived from a particular base, often a plant or amino acid.

Suffix

-anine

  1. Chemical suffix denoting a substance (usually an alkaloid or amine) derived from a particular base, often a plant or amino acid.

Origin of -anine

From -ane + -ine.

Questions about -anine

What does -anine mean?
-anine means chemical suffix denoting a substance (usually an alkaloid or amine) derived from a particular base, often a plant or amino acid.
What part of speech is -anine?
-anine is a suffix.

Words near -anine in the dictionary

  1. -aneity
  2. -aneous
  3. -angle
  4. -angular
  5. -ania
  6. -anine
  7. -ans
  8. -anserin
  9. -ant
  10. -antel
  11. -anth

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