User talk:Catttte

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:06, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

"Arbitrary prefixes"
e.g. at. What are these exactly? How do they choose them: just out of thin air, purely at random? Equinox ◑ 10:55, 8 October 2023 (UTC)


 * hey! yes, according to various sources i've read regarding International Nonproprietary Names (e.g. ), the prefixes of many drug-naming schemes (including the obsolete -mab-suffix for monoclonal antibodies) should be random, i.e. the only requirement is to contribute to a euphonious and distinctive name. Catttte (talk) 18:23, 8 October 2023 (UTC)