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-ium
-ium
a suffix found on nouns borrowed from Latin, especially derivatives of verbs (odium; tedium; colloquium; delirium), deverbal compounds with the initial element denoting the object of the verb (nasturtium), other types of compounds (equilibrium; millennium), and derivatives of personal nouns, often denoting the associated status or office (collegium; consortium; magisterium); -ium also occurs in scientific coinages on a Latin model, as in names of metallic elements (barium; titanium) and as a Latinization of Gk -ion (pericardium).
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< Neo-Latin, Latin, neuter suffix
< Neo-Latin, Latin, neuter suffix
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-ium
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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| -ium or (sometimes) -um | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | indicating a metallic element: platinum; barium |
| 2. | (in chemistry) indicating groups forming positive ions: ammonium chloride; hydroxonium ion |
| 3. | indicating a biological structure: syncytium |
| [New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -ion, diminutive suffix] | |
| -um or (sometimes) -um | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| [New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -ion, diminutive suffix] | |
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Medical Dictionary
-ium suff.
Chemical element or group: californium.
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