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-ergic

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  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.

Etymology

Origin of -ergic

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

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