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{{chemistry}} Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>3</sub>).
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