WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY DETAILED STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2024 LATEST UPDATE
diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound - (correct answer) macron
the foundation of a medical term - (correct answer) root
a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech -
(correct answer) suffix
type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word - (correct answer) diacritical
a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be connected as one word - (correct
answer) elements
the second step in defining a medical term considers this part of the word - (correct
answer) first
added to some word root combinations to help with pronunciation - (correct answer)
vowel
a combining form links a suffix that begins with this - (correct answer) consonant
word created by combining root words together - (correct answer) compound
without, not - (correct answer) a-, an-, non-, un-
slow - (correct answer) brady
around - (correct answer) peri, circum
through, across - (correct answer) dia, trans
double - (correct answer) dip, diplo
bad, painful, difficult - (correct answer) dys
in, within - (correct answer) endo, intra, en
one half - (correct answer) hemi
different - (correct answer) hetero
same - (correct answer) homo-, homeo-
,excessive, above normal - (correct answer) hyper
under, below, deficient - (correct answer) hypo
large - (correct answer) macro
small - (correct answer) micro
one - (correct answer) mono, uni
many, much - (correct answer) multi, poly
after, behind - (correct answer) post
before, in front of - (correct answer) pre, pro
first - (correct answer) primi
four - (correct answer) quadri
backward, behind - (correct answer) retro
upper, above - (correct answer) super
fast - (correct answer) tachy
three - (correct answer) tri
pertaining to - (correct answer) ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic
pain - (correct answer) algia, dynia
hernia, swelling - (correct answer) cele
surgical puncture - (correct answer) centesis
cell - (correct answer) cyte
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) - (correct answer) desis
dilation, expansion - (correct answer) ectasis
excision, removal - (correct answer) ectomy
swelling - (correct answer) edema
, bladder - (correct answer) cysto/vesico
glomerulus - (correct answer) glomeru/o
blood - (correct answer) hemat/o, hem/o
water - (correct answer) hydr/o
stone - (correct answer) lith/o
opening - (correct answer) meat/o
kidney - (correct answer) nephr/o, ren/o
night - (correct answer) noct/o
scanty - (correct answer) olig/o
disease - (correct answer) path/o, pathy
pus - (correct answer) py/p
renal pelvis - (correct answer) pyel/o
sound - (correct answer) son/o
urine or urinary tract - (correct answer) ur/o, urin/o
ureter - (correct answer) ureter/o
urethra - (correct answer) urethr/o
hernia - (correct answer) cele
blood condition - (correct answer) emia
condition - (correct answer) esis, ia, ism
process of recording - (correct answer) graphy
abnormal condition produced by something specific - (correct answer) iasis
specialist - (correct answer) ist
specialist in the study of - (correct answer) logist
GUIDE WITH COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2024 LATEST UPDATE
diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound - (correct answer) macron
the foundation of a medical term - (correct answer) root
a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech -
(correct answer) suffix
type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word - (correct answer) diacritical
a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be connected as one word - (correct
answer) elements
the second step in defining a medical term considers this part of the word - (correct
answer) first
added to some word root combinations to help with pronunciation - (correct answer)
vowel
a combining form links a suffix that begins with this - (correct answer) consonant
word created by combining root words together - (correct answer) compound
without, not - (correct answer) a-, an-, non-, un-
slow - (correct answer) brady
around - (correct answer) peri, circum
through, across - (correct answer) dia, trans
double - (correct answer) dip, diplo
bad, painful, difficult - (correct answer) dys
in, within - (correct answer) endo, intra, en
one half - (correct answer) hemi
different - (correct answer) hetero
same - (correct answer) homo-, homeo-
,excessive, above normal - (correct answer) hyper
under, below, deficient - (correct answer) hypo
large - (correct answer) macro
small - (correct answer) micro
one - (correct answer) mono, uni
many, much - (correct answer) multi, poly
after, behind - (correct answer) post
before, in front of - (correct answer) pre, pro
first - (correct answer) primi
four - (correct answer) quadri
backward, behind - (correct answer) retro
upper, above - (correct answer) super
fast - (correct answer) tachy
three - (correct answer) tri
pertaining to - (correct answer) ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic
pain - (correct answer) algia, dynia
hernia, swelling - (correct answer) cele
surgical puncture - (correct answer) centesis
cell - (correct answer) cyte
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) - (correct answer) desis
dilation, expansion - (correct answer) ectasis
excision, removal - (correct answer) ectomy
swelling - (correct answer) edema
, bladder - (correct answer) cysto/vesico
glomerulus - (correct answer) glomeru/o
blood - (correct answer) hemat/o, hem/o
water - (correct answer) hydr/o
stone - (correct answer) lith/o
opening - (correct answer) meat/o
kidney - (correct answer) nephr/o, ren/o
night - (correct answer) noct/o
scanty - (correct answer) olig/o
disease - (correct answer) path/o, pathy
pus - (correct answer) py/p
renal pelvis - (correct answer) pyel/o
sound - (correct answer) son/o
urine or urinary tract - (correct answer) ur/o, urin/o
ureter - (correct answer) ureter/o
urethra - (correct answer) urethr/o
hernia - (correct answer) cele
blood condition - (correct answer) emia
condition - (correct answer) esis, ia, ism
process of recording - (correct answer) graphy
abnormal condition produced by something specific - (correct answer) iasis
specialist - (correct answer) ist
specialist in the study of - (correct answer) logist
