Bite - Definition and Overview

A bite is a wound received from the mouth of an animal.

Bite wounds raise a number of issues from the viewpoint of medicine in addition to the physical wounds they leave, including the possibility of:

• poison
• infection by bacteria or other pathogens; and
• rabies

The most frequent animal implicated in bite attacks that require medical treatment is Homo sapiens.

A small morsel of food is sometimes called a bite - a mouthful.

BITE is also an acronym for Built In Test Equipment - a term used to describe a radar testing procedure.

Bite is an EP by a crusty British band Ned's Atomic Dustbin.