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- -ous-English-Suffix-2en hasMeaning "Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. For example sulphuric acid (HSO) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (HSO). See Inorganic nomenclature.".