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suff.
    1. Subatomic particle: baryon.
    2. Unit; quantum: photon.
  1. Basic hereditary unit: codon.

[From ION.]


-on2
suff.
Inert gas: radon.

[New Latin, from (ARG)ON.]


-on3
suff.
A chemical compound that is not a ketone or a compound that contains oxygen in a carbonyl group: parathion.

[Alteration of -ONE.]


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suff.
  1. A subatomic particle: neutron.
  2. A unit: photon.
  3. A basic hereditary unit: codon.
–on
suff.

Inert gas: radon.

–on
suff.

A chemical compound that is not a ketone or a compound that contains oxygen in a carbonyl group: parathion.

 
 

 

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