-ar

DEFINITION of -ar

Forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in; -ar is a Latin-derived adjectival suffix that transforms nouns into adjectives, indicating a relationship, characteristic, or association with the base word. In medical terminology, it creates descriptive terms that specify anatomical structures, physiological processes, or pathological conditions by denoting “pertaining to,” “relating to,” or “connected with” the root word it modifies.

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ETYMOLOGY of -ar

latin

• Origin: Latin suffix -āris (masculine/feminine) or -āre (neuter)
• Meaning: “pertaining to,” “connected with”
• Evolution: Directly borrowed into medical Latin and subsequently into English medical terminology

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RELATED TERMS to -ar

-ar	pertaining to	located in	-	-
-ac	YES	YES	-	-
-an	YES	YES	-	-
-al	YES	YES	-	-
-ary	YES	-	place for	-
-eal	YES	YES	-	-
-ean	YES	YES	-	-
-etic	YES	-	-	-
-ic	YES	-	drug	agent
-id	YES	-	condition (of)	state (of)
-ile	YES	-	capable of (being)	like
-ine	YES	YES	-	-
-itic	(to inflammation)	-	drug	agent
-ive	YES	-	-	-
-otic	YES	-	-	-
-ous	YES	-	characterized by	full of
-tic	YES	-	drug	agent, person

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Related Terms (Medical Examples)

• Ocular (ocul-/-ar) - pertaining to the eye
• Vascular (vascul-/-ar) - pertaining to blood vessels
• Muscular (muscul-/-ar) - pertaining to muscles
• Auricular (auricul-/-ar) - pertaining to the ear or atrium
• Icular (ilic-/-ar) - pertaining to the ilium
• Molecular (molecul-/-ar) - pertaining to molecules
• Cellular (cellul-/-ar) - pertaining to cells
• Glandular (glandul-/-ar) - pertaining to glands
• Tubular (tubul-/-ar) - pertaining to tubes
• Ventricular (ventricul-/-ar) - pertaining to a ventricle

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DERIVATIONS of -ar

TABLE definition AS Definition 
WHERE length(filter(roots, (word) => econtains([[]].roots, word))) > 0 AND file.name != [[]].file.name
SORT file.name ASC

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Query functionality

TABLE definition AS Definition
FROM #medroot
WHERE length(filter(definition, (word) => econtains([[]].definition, word))) > 0 AND file.name != [[]].file.name

Med terms dictionary Appendix A Prefixes Appendix B Combining Forms Appendix C Suffixes Appendix D Suffix forms