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English word phakic comes from English -ic, English phakia (The presence of the natural crystalline lens of the eye.)

-ic (English)

(chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.

phakia (English)

The presence of the natural crystalline lens of the eye.

phakic (English)

Relating to phakia.

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