-itol

-itol
\\əˌtȯl, -tōl\ noun suffix (-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -it- (from -ite) (I) + -ol
: polyhydroxy alcohol usually related to a sugar

mannitol

inositol

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Chem.
a suffix used in names of alcohols containing more than one hydroxyl group: inositol.
[-ITE1 + -OL1]

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-itol, suffix Chem.
(ɪtɒl)
[f. -ite1 4 + -ol 1.]
Used to form the names of polyhydric alcohols other than di- or trihydric alcohols.
Such compounds were formerly given names terminated by -ite, as in dulcite, inosite, mannite. These names were later modified by the addition of -ol to express their alcoholic nature, giving e.g. dulcitol, inositol, mannitol. Hence in mod. use -itol has become an independent suffix, as in hexitol.

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