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-oic

-oic suffix: used to form the names of carboxylic groups and acids.

Suffix

-oic

  1. used to form the names of carboxylic groups and acids

Origin of -oic

Clipped from benzoic.

Words formed from -oic

Questions about -oic

What does -oic mean?
-oic means used to form the names of carboxylic groups and acids.
What part of speech is -oic?
-oic is a suffix.

Words near -oic in the dictionary

  1. -off
  2. -offs
  3. -oh
  4. -oholic
  5. -oi
  6. -oic
  7. -oid
  8. -ol
  9. -ola
  10. -olater
  11. -olatry

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