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-onium

Chemistry.

a suffix used in the names of complex cations: oxonium.

Nearby words

  1. -oma,
  2. -ome,
  3. -on,
  4. -one,
  5. -onic,
  6. -ont,
  7. -onym,
  8. -oon,
  9. -opia,
  10. -opsia

Origin of -onium

extracted from ammonium
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Medicine definitions for -onium

-onium

suff.

Containing a positively charged radical:carbonium.
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