-ergic

1. a combining form with the meanings “activated by,” “sensitive to,” “releasing,” “resembling the effect produced by” the substance or phenomenon specified by the initial element.

   dopaminergic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ergic¹

Apparently originally in adrenergic and cholinergic, probably on the model of allergic

Example Sentences

The Serbian Ivan Ergic was once signed by Juventus but never played for them and later went on to suffer depression.

From The Guardian

A psychologist would say that your group identification is low and your cyclothymia practically a minus quantity, while your ergic tension is pleasingly high.

From Project Gutenberg