- indicating an alkane hydrocarbon: hexane
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-ane suffix forming nouns
ane
(ān),USA pronunciation adj., n., pron. [Chiefly Scot.]
-ane, [Chem.]
- Scottish Termsone.
- Middle English (North) an, variant of on one 1350–1400
-ane, [Chem.]
- Chemistrya suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series:propane.
- Latin -ānus -an
'-ane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ane
- anon
- butane
- cetane
- chlordane
- chlorhexidine
- ethane
- heptane
- hexadecane
- hexane
- Lyndsay
- methane
- propane
- urethane
- wean
- adamantane
- alkane
- anemic
- aplastic anemia
- araban
- awhile
- bethanechol
- borane
- busulfan
- Cananea
- catenane
- chlorpropamide
- Cooley's anemia
- cycloheximide
- decane
- decoic acid
- decyl
- dioxane
- docosanoic
- dodecanal
- dodecanoic acid
- elecampane
- endosulfan
- enflurane
- equine infectious anemia
- galactan
- Gethsemane cheese
- glucosan
- hemolytic anemia
- hexacosanoic acid
- hexadecanoic acid
- hexanedioic acid
- hypochromic anemia
- infectious anemia of horses
- intermontane