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Ch 8 and 9 Suffixes
Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -an | pertaining to located in |
| -ar | pertaining to located in |
| -arium -ary | denotes a place for something |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ate | having the form of possessing |
| -ia | forms abstract nouns |
| -ian | indicates an expert in a certain field |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -id | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to capable of |
| -ine | pertaining to located in |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -lent | full of |
| -ose | full of |
| -ous | full of |
| -ty | forms abstract nouns |
| -y | forms abstract nouns |
| diminutives | -cle -ella -il -ola -ule -culus -ellem -illa -olus -ulus |
| -cle | diminutive |
| -ella | diminutive |
| -il | diminutive |
| -ola | diminutive |
| -ule | diminutive |
| -culus | diminutive |
| -ellum | diminutive |
| -illa | diminutive |
| -olus | diminutive |
| -ulus | diminutive |
| -ad | toward a part of the body |
| -al | pertaining to |
| pertaining to | -al -an (located in) -ar (located in) -ary -ic -id -ile (capable of) -ine (located in) -ive |
| full of | -lent -ous -ose |
| -able | capable of (being) able to |
| -ation | indicates action/ process the act of (being) the result of (being) something that is |
| -ce | the act of (being) the state of (being) |
| -cy | the act of (being) the state of (being) |
| -ible | capable of (being) |
| -id | in a state or condition of |
| -ile | capable of (being) like |
| -ion | the act of |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ment | agent or instrument |
| -or | agent or instrument |
| -orium | place for something |
| -ory | 1. pertaining to 2. place for something |
| -ure -ura | result of an action |
| -e | forms nouns from latin |