-ergic
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Activated or produced by:
引起或产生的：
cholinergic.
胆碱激素
语源
- Greek ergon [work] * see werg-
Greek ergon [work] *参见 werg- - -ic
-ic
-ergic
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meanings “activated by,” “sensitive to,” “releasing,” “resembling the effect produced by” the substance or phenomenon specified by the initial element:
dopaminergic.
Origin
apparently orig. in adrenergic and cholinergic, probably on the model of allergic
Related Words
- adrenergic
- anticholinergic
- cholinergic
- dopaminergic
- endoergic
- serotonergic
-ergica combining form meaning 'activated by', 'releasing' or 'sensitive to' the specified substance, etc., in the first element of the word, as in anticholinergic.
[probably modelled on allergic]-ergic
adjective combining form
dopaminergic
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY -ergy work (from Late Latin -ergia, from Greek, from ergon work) + -ic — more at work
: exhibiting or stimulating activity ofdopaminergic
ORIGIN: from Greek ergon work + -ic
-er·gic
\ə(r)jik, ˌərj-\ adjective combining form
Etymology: -ergy + -ic (I)
: exhibiting or stimulating activity of
< dopaminergic >
< dopaminergic >
-ergic
Suffix
- produced by the specified thing
- activated by the specified thing