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-onic

-onic suffix: used to form the names of acids derived from aldoses by the oxidation of the aldehyde group (e.g., gluconic acid).

Suffix

-onic

  1. Used to form the names of acids derived from aldoses by the oxidation of the aldehyde group (e.g., gluconic acid).

Origin of -onic

From -one + -ic.

Questions about -onic

What does -onic mean?
-onic means used to form the names of acids derived from aldoses by the oxidation of the aldehyde group (e.g., gluconic acid).
What part of speech is -onic?
-onic is a suffix.

Words near -onic in the dictionary

  1. -omize
  2. -omy
  3. -on
  4. -oncus
  5. -one
  6. -onic
  7. -onidine
  8. -onium
  9. -onomics
  10. -onomy
  11. -ont

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