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Medical terminology adjectives are based on the same root words as nouns and can take
one of several endings. For now, we will concentrate on those that end in al, and -ic.
2. ic is another common ending and is found in adjectives that correspond to nouns that
end with any of the following suffixes
Note: dermal means of the skin, but some adjective containing the root -derm end in
-ic, as in hypodermic, which means under the skin.
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