Which term means pertaining to food?

• A. Amenorrhea
• B. Ambidextrous
• C. Alimentary
• D. Amulate

Answer: (C)

When a medical term is described as pertaining to nourishment or food, you’re looking for the root that means nourishment and a suffix that signals relating to. The root here is aliment- (from Latin alimentum, meaning food or nourishment), and the suffix -ary indicates “pertaining to.” Put together, alimentary means related to food or nourishment, and, in medical contexts, to the digestive tract (the alimentary canal) through which food passes.

The other terms don’t fit this meaning: amenorrhea refers to absence of menstrual periods, ambidextrous describes the ability to use both hands with equal skill, and amulate isn’t a standard medical term.