-tic
pertaining to
From Greek -tikos, an adjective ending
Meaning
What does -tic mean?
-tic is a suffix meaning pertaining to. It comes from Greek -tikos, an adjective ending.
Most -tic adjectives pair with an -osis noun: cyanosis and cyanotic, necrosis and necrotic, thrombosis and thrombotic.
In real words
Medical words with -tic
showing cyanosis: bluish from too little oxygen in the blood
affected by or showing necrosis, as necrotic tissue
hardened, or affected by sclerosis (the word is also used for the sclera of the eye)
relating to or caused by thrombosis, a blood clot forming inside a blood vessel
without cyanosis; used of heart defects that do not turn the skin blue
a medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth, used for bacterial infections; it does not work on viruses · In the dictionary
describing a cell or organism whose cells have a true nucleus enclosed in a membrane
acting against fungi; another word for antifungal
Don't mix it up
Parts easily confused with -tic
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Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- Medical Terminology With Adjective Suffixes - GlobalRPH
- TIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
- -tic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Endings that make nouns and adjectives
-tic is one of 14 parts in this lesson. Learn them together, then take real words apart.
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