Dictionary
1-ite
noun suffix
Definition of -ITE
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a : native : resident <Brooklynite> b : descendant <Ephraimite> c : adherent : follower <Jacobite> <Puseyite>
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[New Latin -ites, from Latin] : fossil <ammonite>
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: mineral <erythrite> : rock <anorthosite>
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[French, from Latin -ita, -ites] : segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part <somite> <dendrite>
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Origin of -ITE
from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs
2-ite
noun suffix
Definition of -ITE
: salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous <nitrite>
Origin of -ITE
French, alteration of -ate -ate, from New Latin -atum
-ITE Defined for Kids
-ite
noun suffix \ˌīt\
Definition of -ITE for Kids
1
: native : resident
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: descendant
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: adherent : follower
Medical Dictionary
-ite
noun suffix \ˌīt\
Medical Definition of -ITE
1
: substance produced through some (specified) process <anabolite> <catabolite>
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: segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part <somite> <dendrite>
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