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-ide

suff.

1. Group of related chemical compounds: monosaccharide.

2. Binary compound: sodium chloride, hydrogen cyanide.

3. Chemical element with properties similar to another: lanthanide.

[From (ox)ide.]

-ide, -id

suffix forming nouns

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compound sodium chloride

2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) indicating an organic compound derived from another acetanilide

3. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) indicating one of a class of compounds or elements peptide lanthanide

[from German -id, from French oxide oxide, based on the suffix of acide acid]

-ide

A suffix used to form the names of various chemical compounds, especially the second part of the name of a compound that has two members (such as sodium chloride) or the name of a general type of compound (such as polysaccharide).

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