-ium
noun suffix
1
                    
              
              
                
[New Latin, from Latin, ending of some neuter nouns]      
          
      
        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : a chemical element                                      
              
                             
sodium
                         
                
                    
        b
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : cation                                      
              
                             
tetrazolium
                         
                
                    2
                    
                                 plural -iums or -ia                          
          
[New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -ion]                                  
              
          
                                                      : small one : mass                                      
                
                  —especially in botanical terms
pollinium
    
                
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