[1875–80; allotrop(y) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, massage, overdraft, pressure point, slime mold-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
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Fullerenols are nanosized water-soluble polyhydroxylated derivatives of fullerenes, specific allotropic form of carbon, bioactive compounds and perspective pharmaceutical agents.
A.S. Sachkova, E.S. Kovel, G.N. Churilov, O.A. Guseynov, A.A. Bondar, I.A. Dubinina,N.S. Kudryasheva 2017, 'On mechanism of antioxidant effect of fullerenols', Biochemistry and Biophysics Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240558081630262X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)