- -onic
- \\|änik, -nēk\ adjective suffix
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from -onic (in gluconic acid): containing carboxyl especially when formed by oxidizing the aldehyde group of an aldose sugar
aldonic acid
hexonic acid
lactonic
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a suffix used in forming names of acids, esp. carboxylic acids obtained by oxidation of aldoses: gluconic acid.[perh. generalized from lactonic acid as trans. of G Lactonsäure; see LACTOSE, -ONE, -IC]* * *
-onic, suffix Chem.An ending used in forming the names of acids, esp. of carboxylic acids obtained by oxidation of aldoses, as galactonic, gluconic, uronic adjs., etc. (Cf. also arsonic a. (f. arsonium), phosphonic a. (f. phosphonium), sulphonic a. (f. sulphone).)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.