sulfon-

combining form

variants or less commonly sulphon-

1

: sulfonic

sulfonamide

2

: sulfonyl

sulfonamido

sulfonmethane

sulfonphthalein

Word History

Etymology

sulfon- International Scientific Vocabulary sulfonic; sulphon- from obsolete English sulphonic, from sulphone sulfone (International Scientific Vocabulary sulf- + -one) + English -ic

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