WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
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Diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound - ANS macron
the foundation of a medical term - ANS root
a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech - ANS suffix
type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word - ANS diacritical
a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be connected as one word - ANS elements
the second step in defining a medical term considers this part of the word - ANS first
added to some word root combinations to help with pronunciation - ANS vowel
a combining form links a suffix that begins with this - ANS consonant
word created by combining root words together - ANS compound
without, not - ANS a-, an-, non-, un-
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,slow - ANS brady
around - ANS peri, circum
through, across - ANS dia, trans
double - ANS dip, diplo
bad, painful, difficult - ANS dys
in, within - ANS endo, intra, en
one half - ANS hemi
different - ANS hetero
same - ANS homo-, homeo-
excessive, above normal - ANS hyper
under, below, deficient - ANS hypo
large - ANS macro
small - ANS micro
one - ANS mono, uni
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,many, much - ANS multi, poly
after, behind - ANS post
before, in front of - ANS pre, pro
first - ANS primi
four - ANS quadri
backward, behind - ANS retro
upper, above - ANS super
fast - ANS tachy
three - ANS tri
pertaining to - ANS ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic
pain - ANS algia, dynia
hernia, swelling - ANS cele
surgical puncture - ANS centesis
cell - ANS cyte
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, binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) - ANS desis
dilation, expansion - ANS ectasis
excision, removal - ANS ectomy
swelling - ANS edema
bladder - ANS cysto/vesico
glomerulus - ANS glomeru/o
blood - ANS hemat/o, hem/o
water - ANS hydr/o
stone - ANS lith/o
opening - ANS meat/o
kidney - ANS nephr/o, ren/o
night - ANS noct/o
scanty - ANS olig/o
disease - ANS path/o, pathy
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound - ANS macron
the foundation of a medical term - ANS root
a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech - ANS suffix
type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word - ANS diacritical
a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be connected as one word - ANS elements
the second step in defining a medical term considers this part of the word - ANS first
added to some word root combinations to help with pronunciation - ANS vowel
a combining form links a suffix that begins with this - ANS consonant
word created by combining root words together - ANS compound
without, not - ANS a-, an-, non-, un-
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,slow - ANS brady
around - ANS peri, circum
through, across - ANS dia, trans
double - ANS dip, diplo
bad, painful, difficult - ANS dys
in, within - ANS endo, intra, en
one half - ANS hemi
different - ANS hetero
same - ANS homo-, homeo-
excessive, above normal - ANS hyper
under, below, deficient - ANS hypo
large - ANS macro
small - ANS micro
one - ANS mono, uni
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,many, much - ANS multi, poly
after, behind - ANS post
before, in front of - ANS pre, pro
first - ANS primi
four - ANS quadri
backward, behind - ANS retro
upper, above - ANS super
fast - ANS tachy
three - ANS tri
pertaining to - ANS ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic
pain - ANS algia, dynia
hernia, swelling - ANS cele
surgical puncture - ANS centesis
cell - ANS cyte
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, binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) - ANS desis
dilation, expansion - ANS ectasis
excision, removal - ANS ectomy
swelling - ANS edema
bladder - ANS cysto/vesico
glomerulus - ANS glomeru/o
blood - ANS hemat/o, hem/o
water - ANS hydr/o
stone - ANS lith/o
opening - ANS meat/o
kidney - ANS nephr/o, ren/o
night - ANS noct/o
scanty - ANS olig/o
disease - ANS path/o, pathy
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