-otic

DEFINITION of -otic

forms adjectives from nouns: pertaining to (modifies -osis)

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ETYMOLOGY of -otic

greek

Component	Origin	Meaning
-y (adjectival form of -osis)	Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikos), from -ωσις (-ōsis)	Adjective-forming suffix — “pertaining to (a named condition or structure)” — adjectival counterpart to the noun-forming suffix -osis

The suffix entered English in the 1820s as neurotic (adjective), borrowed from Modern Latin neuroticus, from Greek νευρωτικός (neurotikos) — literally “pertaining to the nerves” (neuron + -ōtikos “pertaining to”). The adjective psychotic appeared in the 1900s, and nephrotic in the 1920s. The suffix -ōtikos (“pertaining to”) connects -otic to the entire adjective-forming suffixes: neurotic (neuro- + -otic $\to$ pertaining to the nerves/a neurosis), psychotic (psycho- + -otic $\to$ pertaining to the mind/a psychosis), and nephrotic (nephr- + -otic $\to$ pertaining to the kidneys/a nephrosis). The adjective-forming suffix -otic is productive in neurology, psychiatry, nephrology, and dentistry: e.g., odotontic, corticotropic (cf. -otic), hepatic (cf. -ic variant), and pulmonic (cf. -ic variant).

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RELATED TERMS to -otic

-otic	pertaining to	-	-	-
-ac	YES	located in	-	-
-an	YES	located in	-	-
-ar	YES	located in	-	-
-ary	YES	-	place for	-
-al	YES	located in	-	-
-eal	YES	located in	-	-
-etic	YES	-	-	-
-ic	YES	-	drug	agent
-id	YES	-	condition (of)	state (of)
-ile	YES	-	capable of (being)	like
-ean	YES	located in	-	-
-itic	(to inflammation)	-	drug	agent
-ine	YES	-	-	-
-ive	YES	-	-	-
-ous	YES	-	characterized by	full of
-tic	YES	-	drug	agent, person

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DERIVATIONS of -otic

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Query

TABLE definition AS Definition
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