-etic, -etics




agrypnetic (adjective)
A reference to sleeplessness or insomnia.
Without movement, or without much movement.

A term used in neurology to denote the absence (or poverty) of movement.

A substance that reduces fever; antipyretic.
Painful; causing or pertaining to pain.
allesthetic (adjective), more allesthetic, most allesthetic
1. Passive or reflex movement other than controlled motion.
2. Involuntary, or another, movement which is not intended.
1. A reference to factors acting from outside the system, or of material transported into an area from outside.
2. Having different sets of genes or differing in genotype.
1. Moving passively; drifting, as plankton.
2. Pertaining to passive or reflex movement.
A reference to a bivalve ligament, extending both before and behind the beak.
anachoresis, anachoretic, anachoric
1. A collection or deposit of particles at a place; such as, of bacteria or metals that have localized out of the bloodstream in areas of an inflammation.
2. The attraction to and a deposition within an inflammatory lesion of microbes or metal particles.
anaesthetic, anesthetic (s) (noun); anaesthetics, anesthetics (pl)
1. A drug or an agent that is capable of producing a complete or partial insensibility or loss of bodily sensations or feelings: Depending on the type of action, an anesthetic is subdivided into general and local applications.

There are anesthetics consisting of various drugs that can cause loss of feelings; such as, procaine or ether.

2. A medication that is administered locally or generally that produces a loss of sensation or awareness: When Angie had her appendix removed, she was given a general anesthetic.

Egotism is an internally-generated anesthetic which enables a conceited person to live painlessly with himself.