Taber's Medical Dictionary
Babbitt metal
(bab′it )
[Isaac Babbitt, U.S. inventor, 1799-1862]
An antifriction alloy of copper, antimony, and tin used occasionally in dentistry.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Babbitt Metal." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal.
Babbitt metal. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal. Accessed October 4, 2025.
Babbitt metal. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal
Babbitt Metal [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 04]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal.
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