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Chemistry.
a suffix used in names of alcohols containing more than one hydroxyl group: inositol.
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Origin of -itol

-ite1 + -ol1

Words nearby -itol

-itive, it'll, ITN, it never rains but it pours, Ito, -itol, I told you so, itr, its, it's about time, it's all downhill
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British Dictionary definitions for -itol

-itol
suffix forming nouns
indicating that certain chemical compounds are polyhydric alcoholsinisitol; sorbitol

Word Origin for -itol

from -ite ² + -ol 1
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