-otic


-otic

suff.1. Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified condition or process: anabiotic.2. Having a specified disease or abnormal condition: epizootic.3. Characterized by an increase or formation of a specified kind: leukocytotic.
[French -otique, from Latin -ōticus, from Greek -ōtikos, adj. suff.]

-otic

suffix forming adjectives 1. relating to or affected by: sclerotic. 2. causing: narcotic. [from Greek -ōtikos]

o•tic

(ˈoʊ tɪk, ˈɒt ɪk)

adj. of or pertaining to the ear; auricular. [1650–60; < Greek ōtikós. See oto-, -ic]

-otic

a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -osis: hypnotic; neurotic. [< Greek -ōtikos; see -ota, -ic]