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-otic

-otic suffix: having disease or abnormal condition.

Suffix

-otic

  1. Having disease or abnormal condition.
    • psychosis + -otic → psychotic
  2. Pertaining to a process or action.
    • symbiosis + -otic → symbiotic

Origin of -otic

Borrowed from French -otique, from Latin -ōticus, from Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós), from -όω (-óō)-stem verbs + -τικός (-tikós). Equivalent to -όω (-óō) + -σις (-sis) + -ικός (-ikós).

Questions about -otic

What does -otic mean?
-otic means having disease or abnormal condition.
What part of speech is -otic?
-otic is a suffix.

Words near -otic in the dictionary

  1. -osity
  2. -osmia
  3. -ostomy
  4. -ote
  5. -oth
  6. -otic
  7. -otomy
  8. -our
  9. -ous
  10. -out-law
  11. -ov

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