Taber's Medical Dictionary
Babbitt metal
(bab′it )
[Isaac Babbitt, U.S. inventor, 1799-1862]
An antifriction alloy of copper, antimony, and tin used occasionally in dentistry.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Babbitt Metal." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal.
Babbitt metal. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal. Accessed October 6, 2026.
Babbitt metal. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal
Babbitt Metal [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759553/all/Babbitt_metal.
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