Taber's Medical Dictionary
-ate
[L. -atum, adj. suffix]
Suffix in chemistry used in naming a salt or an ester of an acid ending in -ic, e.g., nitrate.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-ate." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732423/all/_ate.
-ate. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732423/all/_ate. Accessed April 30, 2026.
-ate. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732423/all/_ate
-ate [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 30]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732423/all/_ate.
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