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-ous, -ious, -eous (Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.)
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ox- + (Indo-European > Old English: male bovine)
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oxal-, ox- + (Greek > Latin: wood sorrel; the leaves of the wood sorrel are acidic to the taste)
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oxy-, -oxia, -oxic (Greek: sharp, acute, pointed, keen; sour, acid, acidic, pungent)
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ozono-, ozon-, ozoni-, ozo-, oz- + (Greek: to smell; stink; generally used in a bad sense)
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "smell, odor": arom-; brom-; odor-, odori-; olfacto-; osmo-; osphresio-.