Most of the medical adjectives end with the suffixes...	"ic, al, ar"
the study of the heart and its action and diseases	cardiology /noun
of, relating to, or affected with heart disease	cardiac /adjective
Heart specialist	cardiologist /noun
a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (such as organs, tissues, or cells)	physiology /noun
of or relating to physiology	physiological/ physiologic /adjective
A small air-containing compartment of the lungs	alveolus /noun
of, or pertaining to an alveolus	alveolar /adjective
To write or give medical prescriptions	Prescribe /verb
something (such as a recommendation) resembling a doctor's prescription	Prescription /noun
a branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures	Surgery /noun
Of or relating to surgeons or surgery	Surgical /adjective
a procedure performed on a living body usually with instruments especially for the repair of damage or defect or the restoration of health	Operation /noun
To perform a medical procedure	Operate /verb
of, for, or pertaining to operations	Operating /adjective
a layer of one substance covering another	Coat /noun
To cover or spread with a finishing, protecting, or enclosing layer	Coat /verb
to come to the surface	Surface /verb
the external or superficial aspect of something	SUrface /noun
Infection or swelling	inflammation /noun
Involving inflammation	inflammatory /adjective
to burst into flame	Inflame /verb
either of the two primary divisions of the trachea	bronchus /noun
of or relating to the bronchi or their ramifications in the lungs	bronchial /adjective
a disease-producing bacterium	bacillus /noun
of, relating to, or caused by bacilli	bacillary /adjective

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