WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
-ergic,
- 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.
- apparently origin, originally in adrenergic and cholinergic, probably on the model of allergic
'-ergic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):