What does cide mean?
A suffix used in chemical names to indicate a compound that is similar to another compound, especially one that is a derivative of it. For example, cyanide is a compound that is similar to cyanite.
Example
"The chemist shake hands with his colleague and said, 'I've been studying the properties of cyanide and its relation to cyanite.'"
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