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a⋅top⋅ic

  [ey-top-ik, uh-top-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to atopy.
2. ectopic.
Origin:
1920–25; atop(y) + -ic
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a·top·ic   (ā-tŏp'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or caused by a hereditary predisposition toward developing certain hypersensitivity reactions, such as hay fever, asthma, or chronic urticaria, upon exposure to specific antigens: atopic dermatitis.

[From Greek atopiā, unusualness, from atopos, out of the way : a-, not; see a-1 + topos, place.]
at'o·py (āt'ə-pē) n.
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