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suff.
  1. Neutral chemical compound, especially:
    1. Neutral carbohydrate: inulin.
    2. Protein or protein derivative: albumin.
    3. Lipid or lipid derivative: lecithin.
    4. Enzyme: pancreatin.
    5. Glycoside: chitin.
  2. A pharmaceutical: rifampin.
  3. An antibiotic: penicillin.
  4. Antigen: tuberculin.
  5. Variant of -ine2 (sense 1).

[Variant of -INE2.]


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suff.
  1. Neutral chemical compound: inulin.
  2. Pharmaceutical: rifampin.
  3. Antibiotic: penicillin.
  4. Antigen: tuberculin.
  5. Variant of –ine2 (sense ).
 
 

 

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