WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY [2026] | UPDATED
ACTUAL | VERIFIED ANSWERS | COMPLETE EXAM
PREPARATION
• 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
ACTUAL | VERIFIED ANSWERS | COMPLETE EXAM
PREPARATION
• 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
