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-itol

-itol suffix: forming the names of polyhydric alcohols (sugar alcohols).

Suffix

-itol

  1. Forming the names of polyhydric alcohols (sugar alcohols).

Origin of -itol

From reanalysis of the ending of mannitol, sorbitol and so on, from -ite (an old, non-specific use of this suffix) + -ol.

Questions about -itol

What does -itol mean?
-itol means forming the names of polyhydric alcohols (sugar alcohols).
What part of speech is -itol?
-itol is a suffix.

Words near -itol in the dictionary

  1. -ities
  2. -ition
  3. -itious
  4. -itis
  5. -itises
  6. -itol
  7. -itude
  8. -ity
  9. -ium
  10. -iums
  11. -ive

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