WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY EXAM AND
PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+
diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound - ANSWER macron
the foundation of a medical term - ANSWER root
a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech -
ANSWER suffix
type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word - ANSWER diacritical
a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be connected as one word -
ANSWER elements
the second step in defining a medical term considers this part of the word - ANSWER
first
added to some word root combinations to help with pronunciation - ANSWER vowel
a combining form links a suffix that begins with this - ANSWER consonant
word created by combining root words together - ANSWER compound
without, not - ANSWER a-, an-, non-, un-
slow - ANSWER brady
around - ANSWER peri, circum
through, across - ANSWER dia, trans
double - ANSWER dip, diplo
bad, painful, difficult - ANSWER dys
in, within - ANSWER endo, intra, en
,one half - ANSWER hemi
different - ANSWER hetero
same - ANSWER homo-, homeo-
excessive, above normal - ANSWER hyper
under, below, deficient - ANSWER hypo
large - ANSWER macro
small - ANSWER micro
one - ANSWER mono, uni
many, much - ANSWER multi, poly
after, behind - ANSWER post
before, in front of - ANSWER pre, pro
first - ANSWER primi
four - ANSWER quadri
backward, behind - ANSWER retro
upper, above - ANSWER super
fast - ANSWER tachy
three - ANSWER tri
pertaining to - ANSWER ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic
pain - ANSWER algia, dynia
hernia, swelling - ANSWER cele
surgical puncture - ANSWER centesis
cell - ANSWER cyte
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) - ANSWER desis
, dilation, expansion - ANSWER ectasis
excision, removal - ANSWER ectomy
swelling - ANSWER edema
bladder - ANSWER cysto/vesico
glomerulus - ANSWER glomeru/o
blood - ANSWER hemat/o, hem/o
water - ANSWER hydr/o
stone - ANSWER lith/o
opening - ANSWER meat/o
kidney - ANSWER nephr/o, ren/o
night - ANSWER noct/o
scanty - ANSWER olig/o
disease - ANSWER path/o, pathy
pus - ANSWER py/p
renal pelvis - ANSWER pyel/o
sound - ANSWER son/o
urine or urinary tract - ANSWER ur/o, urin/o
ureter - ANSWER ureter/o
urethra - ANSWER urethr/o
hernia - ANSWER cele
blood condition - ANSWER emia
condition - ANSWER esis, ia, ism
process of recording - ANSWER graphy
PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+
diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound - ANSWER macron
the foundation of a medical term - ANSWER root
a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech -
ANSWER suffix
type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word - ANSWER diacritical
a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be connected as one word -
ANSWER elements
the second step in defining a medical term considers this part of the word - ANSWER
first
added to some word root combinations to help with pronunciation - ANSWER vowel
a combining form links a suffix that begins with this - ANSWER consonant
word created by combining root words together - ANSWER compound
without, not - ANSWER a-, an-, non-, un-
slow - ANSWER brady
around - ANSWER peri, circum
through, across - ANSWER dia, trans
double - ANSWER dip, diplo
bad, painful, difficult - ANSWER dys
in, within - ANSWER endo, intra, en
,one half - ANSWER hemi
different - ANSWER hetero
same - ANSWER homo-, homeo-
excessive, above normal - ANSWER hyper
under, below, deficient - ANSWER hypo
large - ANSWER macro
small - ANSWER micro
one - ANSWER mono, uni
many, much - ANSWER multi, poly
after, behind - ANSWER post
before, in front of - ANSWER pre, pro
first - ANSWER primi
four - ANSWER quadri
backward, behind - ANSWER retro
upper, above - ANSWER super
fast - ANSWER tachy
three - ANSWER tri
pertaining to - ANSWER ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic
pain - ANSWER algia, dynia
hernia, swelling - ANSWER cele
surgical puncture - ANSWER centesis
cell - ANSWER cyte
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) - ANSWER desis
, dilation, expansion - ANSWER ectasis
excision, removal - ANSWER ectomy
swelling - ANSWER edema
bladder - ANSWER cysto/vesico
glomerulus - ANSWER glomeru/o
blood - ANSWER hemat/o, hem/o
water - ANSWER hydr/o
stone - ANSWER lith/o
opening - ANSWER meat/o
kidney - ANSWER nephr/o, ren/o
night - ANSWER noct/o
scanty - ANSWER olig/o
disease - ANSWER path/o, pathy
pus - ANSWER py/p
renal pelvis - ANSWER pyel/o
sound - ANSWER son/o
urine or urinary tract - ANSWER ur/o, urin/o
ureter - ANSWER ureter/o
urethra - ANSWER urethr/o
hernia - ANSWER cele
blood condition - ANSWER emia
condition - ANSWER esis, ia, ism
process of recording - ANSWER graphy
