Medical Terminology: Suffixes That Mean "Pertaining to", "Like", or "Resembling"

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-ac (ex: Cardiac)

Pertaining to the heart

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-al (ex: vocal)

pertaining to the voice

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-ar (ex: nuclear)

pertaining to a nucleus

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-ary (ex:salivary)

pertaining to saliva

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-form (ex: muciform)

like or resembling mucus

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-ic (ex: anatomic)

pertaining to anatomy

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-ical (ex: electrical)

pertaining to electricity

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-ile (ex: virile)

pertaining to the male, masculine

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-oid (ex: lympoid)

resembling the lymphatic system

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-ory (ex: circulatory)

pertaining circulation

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-ous (ex: cutaneous)

pertaining to the skin

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-pathy

pertaining to disease

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-oma

tumor or mass

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-itis

inflammation of the…