Adjectival Suffixes

Question 1

-AC, -IAC

Answer 1

pertaining to
Example- iliac (pertaining to the ilium)

Question 2

-AL, -EAL, -IAL

Answer 2

pertaining to
Example- neonatal (pertaining to the first
week after birth)

Question 3

-AR

Answer 3

Pertaining to
Example- ventricular (pertaining to
ventricles of heart or brain)

Question 4

-ARY

Answer 4

pertaining to
Example- pulmonary (pertaining to lungs)

Question 5

-ELLA

Answer 5

Small
Example- patella (kneecap)

Question 6

-IATRIC

Answer 6

medical treatment
Example- pediatric (treatment and care of children)

Question 7

-IC, -ICAL

Answer 7

pertaining to
Example- nephric (pertaining to the kidney)

Question 8

-INE

Answer 8

pertaining to
Example- equine (pertaining to, characteristics of, or derived from the horse)

Question 9

-OID

Answer 9

resembling
Example- sinusoid (resembling a sinus)

Question 10

-OUS

Answer 10

characteristic of
Example- cartilaginous

Question 11

-PLAST

Answer 11

cell, living substance
Example- chloroplast (the photosynthetic unit of a plant cell)

Question 12

-PLASTY

Answer 12

formation, plastic repair of
Example- otoplasty (plastic surgery of the ear)

Question 13

-ULAR

Answer 13

pertaining to
Example- scapular (pertaining to the scapula)

Question 14

-VOROUR

Answer 14

eating
Example- carnivorous (meat-eating)