-otic
- an adjective suffix of Greek origin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -osis, denoting a relationship to an action, process, state, or condition indicated by the preceding element: hypnotic; neurotic.See also -tic.
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Origin of -otic
From the Greek suffix -ōtikos
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-otic
- relating to or affected bysclerotic
- causingnarcotic
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Word Origin for -otic
from Greek -ōtikos
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-otic
- Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified condition or process:anabiotic.
- Having a specified disease or abnormal condition:epizootic.
- Characterized by an increase or formation of a specified kind:leukocytotic.
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