| 单词 | -ium |
| 释义 | -iuma suffix found on nouns borrowed from Latin, especially derivatives of verbs (odium; tedium; colloquium; delirium), deverbal compounds with the initial element denoting the object of the verb (nasturtium), other types of compounds (equilibrium; millennium), and derivatives of personal nouns, often denoting the associated status or office (collegium; consortium; magisterium); -ium also occurs in scientific coinages on a Latin model, as in names of metallic elements (barium; titanium) and as a Latinization of Gk -ion (pericardium). Origin of -ium<New Latin, Latin, neuter suffix Words nearby -iumIUCN Red List, IUD, IUGR, IUI, Iulus, -ium, IUS, IV, iva, ivan, Ivanhoe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -ium-ium sometimes -umsuffix forming nounsindicating a metallic elementplatinum; barium (in chemistry) indicating groups forming positive ionsammonium chloride; hydroxonium ion indicating a biological structuresyncytium Word Origin for -iumNew Latin, from Latin, from Greek -ion, diminutive suffix Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for -ium-ium suff.Chemical element or group:californium. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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