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-otic — suffix forming adjectives and nouns corresponding to nouns ending in osis (e.g. neurotic corresponding to neurosis). Derivatives otically suffix. Origin from Fr. otique, via L. from the Gk adjectival ending ōtikos … English new terms dictionary
-osis — suffix plural oses (in nouns) 1 technical a diseased condition: silicosis (=a lung disease) | neuroses (=disorders of the mind) 2 a condition or process: a metamorphosis (=change from one state to another) otic, suffix in adjectives: neurotic |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
-otic — suffix forming adjectives and nouns corresponding to nouns in osis, meaning affected with or producing or resembling a condition in osis or a person affected with this (narcotic; neurotic; osmotic). Derivatives: otically suffix forming adverbs.… … Useful english dictionary
