WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY EXAM
2026 CLINICAL LANGUAGE STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ abnormal condition produced by something specific. Answer:
iasis
◉ specialist. Answer: ist
◉ specialist in the study of. Answer: logist
◉ study of. Answer: logy
◉ lysis. Answer: separation, destruction, loosening
◉ enlargement. Answer: megaly
◉ tumor. Answer: oma
◉ abnormal condition (primarily with blood cells). Answer: osis
,◉ fixation (of an organ). Answer: pexy
◉ surgical repair. Answer: plasty
◉ prolapse, downward displacement. Answer: ptosis
◉ discharge, flow. Answer: rrhea
◉ instrument for examining. Answer: scope
◉ slit, fissure. Answer: spadia
◉ narrowing, stricture. Answer: stenosis
◉ instrument to cut. Answer: tome
◉ incision. Answer: tomy
◉ crushing. Answer: tripsy
◉ urine. Answer: uria
,◉ condition, structure. Answer: us
◉ a, an. Answer: without
◉ hyper. Answer: excessive, above normal
◉ excess, beyond. Answer: ultra
◉ Microscopic filtering unit in the kidney. Answer: nephron
◉ pertaining to the kidneys. Answer: renal
◉ slender tubes within the kidney that carry urine in peristaltic
waves to the bladder. Answer: ureters
◉ Excessive urea in the blood, which occurs during renal failure.
Answer: uremia
◉ actual external opening of the urethra. Answer: meatus
◉ Drugs that control edema and stimulate the flow of urine. Answer:
diuretics
, ◉ stone in the kidney. Answer: nephrolith
◉ A cluster of capillaries forming the nephron in the kidney. Answer:
glomerulus
◉ painful or difficult urination. Answer: dysuria
◉ sensation of the need to void immediately. Answer: urgency
◉ Fluid that passes from the glomerulus into Bowman capsule to
begin urine formation. Answer: filtrate
◉ Tubular space within a structure. Answer: lumen
◉ Imaginary flat surface used to identify sections of the body.
Answer: plane
◉ toward the head. Answer: cephalad
◉ study of tissues. Answer: histology
2026 CLINICAL LANGUAGE STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ abnormal condition produced by something specific. Answer:
iasis
◉ specialist. Answer: ist
◉ specialist in the study of. Answer: logist
◉ study of. Answer: logy
◉ lysis. Answer: separation, destruction, loosening
◉ enlargement. Answer: megaly
◉ tumor. Answer: oma
◉ abnormal condition (primarily with blood cells). Answer: osis
,◉ fixation (of an organ). Answer: pexy
◉ surgical repair. Answer: plasty
◉ prolapse, downward displacement. Answer: ptosis
◉ discharge, flow. Answer: rrhea
◉ instrument for examining. Answer: scope
◉ slit, fissure. Answer: spadia
◉ narrowing, stricture. Answer: stenosis
◉ instrument to cut. Answer: tome
◉ incision. Answer: tomy
◉ crushing. Answer: tripsy
◉ urine. Answer: uria
,◉ condition, structure. Answer: us
◉ a, an. Answer: without
◉ hyper. Answer: excessive, above normal
◉ excess, beyond. Answer: ultra
◉ Microscopic filtering unit in the kidney. Answer: nephron
◉ pertaining to the kidneys. Answer: renal
◉ slender tubes within the kidney that carry urine in peristaltic
waves to the bladder. Answer: ureters
◉ Excessive urea in the blood, which occurs during renal failure.
Answer: uremia
◉ actual external opening of the urethra. Answer: meatus
◉ Drugs that control edema and stimulate the flow of urine. Answer:
diuretics
, ◉ stone in the kidney. Answer: nephrolith
◉ A cluster of capillaries forming the nephron in the kidney. Answer:
glomerulus
◉ painful or difficult urination. Answer: dysuria
◉ sensation of the need to void immediately. Answer: urgency
◉ Fluid that passes from the glomerulus into Bowman capsule to
begin urine formation. Answer: filtrate
◉ Tubular space within a structure. Answer: lumen
◉ Imaginary flat surface used to identify sections of the body.
Answer: plane
◉ toward the head. Answer: cephalad
◉ study of tissues. Answer: histology
