-ite
Definition of -ite
1a : native : resident Brooklyniteb : descendant Ephraimitec : adherent : follower Jacobite Puseyite
2a (1) : product metabolite (2) : commercially manufactured product eboniteb : -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
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Origin and Etymology of -ite
from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs
-ite
Definition of -ite
: salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous nitrite
Origin and Etymology of -ite
French, alteration of -ate -ate, from New Latin -atum
Medical Dictionary
-ite
Medical Definition of -ite
1: substance produced through some (specified) process anabolite catabolite
2: segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part somite dendrite
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