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-ic (medicine)


-ic


1. <suffix> A suffix signifying, in General, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.

2. <chemistry> A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the General sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.

Origin: L. -icus, Gr., cf. F. -ique.


jeff(2) (iou)



jeff verb intrans. Printers' slang (now Hist.). M19.
[Origin unkn.]
Throw or gamble with quadrats used as dice.