Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0105 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Suffixes Meaning "Pertaining To"
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The idea
Several suffixes all mean pertaining to: al, ic, ar, ary, eal, ous, and ac.
In practice
Cardiac, pulmonary, and neural all mean pertaining to their root's structure.
Where people slip
These are not interchangeable. Each root takes one by convention, learned with the term.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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