Taber's Medical Dictionary
-ite
[Fr. -ite fr. L., -ita fr. Gr. -itēs, a noun suffix]
1. Suffix meaning of the nature of or resembling.
2. In chemistry, a salt of an acid having the termination -ous.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-ite." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753382/all/_ite.
-ite. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753382/all/_ite. Accessed May 12, 2026.
-ite. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753382/all/_ite
-ite [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 12]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753382/all/_ite.
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