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-itol
-itol
Chemistry
.
a
suffix
used in names of alcohols containing more than one hydroxyl group:
inositol.
Origin:
-ite
1
+
-ol
1
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-itol
—
suffix forming nouns
indicating that certain chemical compounds are polyhydric alcohols:
inisitol
;
sorbitol
[from
-ite
² +
-ol
1
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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