-ite
noun suffix (1)Definition of -ite
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : native : resident Brooklynite
b : descendant Ephraimite
c : adherent : follower Jacobite Puseyite
2a(1) : product metabolite
(2) : commercially manufactured product ebonite
b : -itol mannite
3 [ New Latin -ites, from Latin ] : fossil ammonite
4 : mineral erythrite : rock anorthosite
5 [ French, from Latin -ita, -ites ] : segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part somite dendrite
-ite
noun suffix (2)Definition of -ite (Entry 2 of 2)
: salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous nitrite
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