-tory
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, originally adjectival derivatives of agent nouns ending in -tor, (predatory); also forming adjectival derivatives directly from verbs (obligatory; transitory).
-tory2
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, usually derivatives from agent nouns ending in -tor, or directly from verbs, denoting a place or object appropriate for the activity of the verb: dormitory; repository .
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- -trice
variant of -trix.
- -trich
a combining form meaning “one having hair” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often used to name a single member of a taxonomic group ending in -tricha: heterotrich; hypotrich.
- -tricha
a combining form meaning “ones having hair” of the kind or number specified by the initial element, used in taxonomic names, especially in taxa of ciliated protozoans: chonotricha; spirotricha.
- -trichous
-trichous suff. having a specified kind of hair or hairlike part: peritrichous.
- -tripsy
-tripsy suff. a crushing: lithotripsy.