WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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