-ergic

-ergic

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.

Origin:
apparently orig. in adrenergic and cholinergic, probably on the model of allergic

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