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1. aluminio-, comb. form View full entry 1868
...= alumino-2a....
2. amid-, comb. form View full entry 1873
...combining form of amide, sometimes used instead of amido- before vowels; as in amidacetic acid, amidazobenzene, etc....
3. ammo-, comb. form View full entry 1873
...comb. form of ammonium, implying conjunction of that basyl with an element, as in Ammopalladium, Ammopalladammonium....
4. anis-, comb. form View full entry 1863
...Comb. form of Latin anīs-um, anise, forming names of numerous organic compounds derived from oil of anise, the derivation and meaning of which are usually readily apparent from those of...
5. ˌantimoniˈoso-, comb. form View full entry 1863
...comb. form of antimonious, as in antimonioso-antimonic oxide, a synonym of antimony tetroxide Sb2O4, regarded as consisting of antimonic acid, combined with...
6. azo-, comb. form View full entry 1863
...gen. Compounds containing nitrogen, as azoˈhumicazoˈlitminazoˈleic acid...
7. bis-, comb. form2 View full entry 1863
...abbreviation of bismuth, used in comb., as bisethyl, C2H5Bi, bistriethyl, etc....
8. ceroso-, comb. form View full entry 1863-72
...Combining form of cerous...
9. cholo-, comb. form View full entry 1863-72
...corresp. to Greek χολο- combining form of χολή bile: used as first element in numerous technical words, some of which have variants in chole-....
10. cuproso-, comb. form View full entry 1863-72
...combining form of modern Latin cuprōsuscuprous...
11. dehydro-, comb. form View full entry 1877
...A combining form used in forming the names of some organic compounds, denoting the loss of one atom of hydrogen (or freq. two),the loss of a molecule of water (=...
12. di-, comb. form View full entry 1866-8
...Entering into numerous English words, mostly technical, as dichromic, dicotyledon, digamma, digamy, diglot, digraph, dilemma, diphthong,...
13. diˈoxy- | diox-, comb. form View full entry 1877
...A comb. form expressing the presence in a compound of two atoms of oxygen; spec. the presence in an organic compound of two equivalents of the monad radical hydroxyl (OH)...
14. disulpho-, comb. form View full entry 1868
...In compounds, designating acids derived from two molecules of sulphurous acid....
15. duplo-, comb. form View full entry 1872
...Used in chemical nomenclature with the sense ‘double’ or ‘twofold’, as duplo-carburet, twofold carburet....
16. glycero-, comb. form View full entry 1864
...Used as a comb. form of glycerineˌglyceroˈkinaseBiochem.ˌglyceroˈphosphateˌglycerophoˈsphoric acid...
17. hesper-, comb. form View full entry 1881
...stem of Hesperus, used in the same sense as hesperid-, as the radical part of several chemical terms, as heˈsperic,hespeˈretic,hespeˈrinic,hespeˈrisichespeˈretin...
18. hydroxy-, comb. form View full entry 1872
...An element in names of chemical compounds, signifying the addition or substitution of oxygen and hydrogen or the radical hydroxyl....
19. ledi-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...combining form of modern Latin Lēdum (see ledum); used in chemical terms: lediˈtannicalso ledi'tannic acid,lediˈxanthin...
20. mangani-, comb. form View full entry 1864
...Forming the names of chemical compounds, chiefly cyanides, which contain manganese in the trivalent state. Cf. mangano-....