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Medical Terminology
Adjectival Suffixes
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Veterinary Medicine
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05/26/2020

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Term
-AC, IAC
Definition
Pertaining to
ex: Iliac (pertaining to the ilium)
Term
-AL, -EAL, -IAL
Definition
Pertaining to
ex: Neonatal (pertaining to the first week after birth)
Term
-AR
Definition
Pertaining to
ex: Ventricular (pertaining to ventricles of heart or brain)
Term
-ARY
Definition
Pertaining to
ex: pulmonary (pertaining to lungs)
Term
-ELLA
Definition
Small
ex: patella (kneecap)
Term
-IATRIC
Definition
Medical treatment
ex: pediatric (treatment and care of children)
Term
-IC, -ICAL
Definition
Pertaining to
ex: Nephric (pertaining to the kidney)
Term
-INE
Definition
Pertaining to
ex: Equine (pertaining to, characteristic of, or derived from the horse)
Term
-OID
Definition
Resembling
ex: Sinusoid (resembling a sinus)
Term
-OUS
Definition
Characteristic of
ex: Cartilagenous (consisting of, or characteristic of cartilage)
Term
-PLAST
Definition
Cell, living substance
ex: Chloroplast (the photosynthetic unit of a plant cell)
Term
-PLASTY
Definition
Formation, plastic repair
ex: otoplasty (plastic surgery of the ear)
Term
-ULAR
Definition
Pertaining to
ex: Scapular (pertaining to the scapula)
Term
-VOROUS
Definition
Eating
ex: carnivorous (meat-eating)
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