CLAS251 Scientific Terminology
Monmouth College Monmouth, Illinois
Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz (toms@monm.edu)
Some Chemical Suffixes
| SUFFIX
-ane -ase -ate
ene
-ic
-id (-ide) -in
-ine -ite
-ol -one
-ose -ous
-sterol |
MEANING
a saturated hydrocarbon enzyme salt formed from an acid whose name ends in -ic unsaturation of an organic compound, especially one having a double bond having or taking a valence higher than in corresponding -ous compounds a compound of two elements 1. a neutral chemical compound, such as a glyceride or protein, as distinguished from an alkaloid or basic substance 2. an enzyme 3. a name of a drug or pharmaceutical product halogen salt formed from an acid whose name ends in -ous alcohol or phenol 1. an oxygen-containing or ketone compound 2. a chemical compound containing oxygen, especially in a carbonyl or similar group carbohydrate occuring with a valence that is lower than that in a comparable -ic system unsaturated solid alcohol compound of steroid group |
EXAMPLE
hexane, propane oxidase, amylase sulphate, bicarbonate, chlorate, perchlorate ethylene
ferric
ferric oxide protein, globulin, phthalein
pancreatin penicillin, aspirin
chlorine, fluorine sulfite, chlorite
glycerol acetone
lactone
dextrose, glucose ferrous, osmous
cholesterol, ergosterol |