-INE


Meaning of -INE in English

a suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.

2. -ine ·- a suffix, used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; ·i.e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine, heptine, ·etc.

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