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Suffixes Meaning "Pertaining To"

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Several suffixes all mean pertaining to: al, ic, ar, ary, eal, ous, and ac.

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Cardiac, pulmonary, and neural all mean pertaining to their root's structure.

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These are not interchangeable. Each root takes one by convention, learned with the term.