See Also: itic(dictionary)

itic (iou)



-itic suffix.
[Corresp. to French -itique, Latin -iticus, Greek -itikos: see -IC.]
Forming adjectives from nouns in -ITE1, as Capernaitic, dendritic, Semitic.
Forming adjectives and nouns from nouns esp. in -ITIS, or from other bases, as arthritic, diphtheritic, gabbroitic, Nigritic.