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-in1

Syllabification: (-in)

Definition of -in

suffix

Chemistry

forming names of organic compounds, pharmaceutical products, proteins, etc.:insulin penicillin dioxin

Origin:

alteration of -ine⁴

-in in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of -in in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

imu
IN
In
in
in —— measure
-in ¹
-in ²
in a —— light
in a bad way
in a big way
in a body

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IN US. Eng
in. US. Eng
in-¹ US. Eng
in-² US. Eng
-in² US. Eng
In in indium US. Eng

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leporine

/ ˈlepəˌrīn

adjective

of or resembling a hare or hares …

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