Adjectival Suffixes

Question 1

-ELLA

Answer 1

Small

Ex: Patella -> kneecap

Question 2

-IATRIC

Answer 2

Medical Treatment

Ex: Pediatric -> Treatment and care of children

Question 3

-IC ; -ICAL

Answer 3

Pertaining to

Ex: Nephric -> pertaining to the kidney

Question 4

-INE

Answer 4

Pertaining to

Ex: Equine -> Pertaining to or has characteristics of the horse

Question 5

-OID

Answer 5

Resembling

Ex: Sinusoid -> Resembling the sinus

Question 6

-OUS

Answer 6

Characteristic of

Ex: Cartilaginous

Question 7

-PLAST

Answer 7

Cell or living substance

Ex: Chloroplast -> Photosynthetic unit of a plant cell

Question 8

-PLASTY

Answer 8

Formation, Plastic repair of

Ex: Otoplasty -> Plastic surgery of the ear

Question 9

-ULAR

Answer 9

Pertaining to

Ex: Scopular -> Pertaining to the scapula

Question 10

-VOROUS

Answer 10

Eating

Ex: Carnivorous -> meat eating

Question 11

-AC ; -IAC

Answer 11

Pertaining to

Ex: Iliac -> pertaining to the ilium

Question 12

-AL ; -EAL ; -IAL

Answer 12

Pertaining to

Ex: Neonatal -> 1st week after birth

Question 13

-AR

Answer 13

Pertaining to

Ex: Ventricular -> pertaining to ventricles of the heart or brain

Question 14

-ARY

Answer 14

Pertaining to

Ex: Pulmonary -> pertaining to the lungs