| an adjective suffix of Greek origin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -osis, denoting a relationship to an action, process, state, or condition indicated by the preceding element: hypnotic; neurotic. -tic. |
| -otic suff.
[French -otique, from Latin -ōticus, from Greek -ōtikos, adj. suff.] |
-otic suff.
Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified condition or process: anabiotic.
Having a specified disease or abnormal condition: epizootic.
Characterized by an increase or formation of a specified kind: leukocytotic.
