-phagiccomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
polyphagic adj.Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: -phagy comb. form, -ic suffix; -phagia comb. form, -ic suffix.
Etymology: Partly < -phagy comb. form + -ic suffix, and partly < -phagia comb. form + -ic suffix. Compare French -phagique (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent.).Productive from the 19th cent.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2018).