-one

a suffix used in the names of ketones and analogous chemical compounds: lactone; quinone.

Origin:
perhaps < Greek -ōnē feminine patronymic

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-one

—*suffix forming nouns*
	indicating that a chemical compound is a ketone: acetone

[arbitrarily from Greek -ōnē, feminine patronymic suffix, but perhaps influenced by -one in ozone]

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Medical Dictionary

-one suff.

A ketone: acetone.
A compound that contains oxygen, especially in a carbonyl radical: lactone.

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-one
A suffix used to form the names of chemical compounds containing an oxygen atom attached to a carbon atom, such as acetone.

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