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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix A usually heterocyclic chemical compound containing a five-membered ring.
  • suffix A chemical compound, especially an ether, that does not contain hydroxyl.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Partly from French (from Latin oleum, oil; see oil) and partly variant of –ol.]

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