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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

-leptic en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “taking hold, seizing”) + -ic, as in Ancient Greek ληπτικός (lēptikós).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Of or relating to a condition of seizing, as in nympholeptic.
  2. (morpheme) A person who is afflicted with a condition prone to cause violent seizures, as in epileptic.
  3. (morpheme) Describing a coordination compound having some type(s) of ligand.

Deriveds

organoleptic · epileptic · narcoleptic · neuroleptic

Relateds

-lepsy

Translations (4)

no -leptisk (of or relating to a condition of seizing) · ga -leipteach (of or relating to a condition of seizing) · sv -leptisk (of or relating to a condition of seizing) · de -leptisch (of or relating to a condition of seizing)