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-cin

-cin suffix: bacteriocin.

Suffix

-cin

  1. bacteriocin
  2. Antibiotic substance.

Origin of -cin

From English colicin, from French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.

Questions about -cin

What does -cin mean?
-cin means bacteriocin.
What part of speech is -cin?
-cin is a suffix.

Words near -cin in the dictionary

  1. -ciclovir
  2. -cidal
  3. -cide
  4. -cies
  5. -cillin
  6. -cin
  7. -cir-
  8. -cism
  9. -citabine
  10. -clase
  11. -clasis

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