WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ after, behind.
Answer: post
◍ arthrocentesis.
Answer: surgical puncture of a joint
◍ intestine.
Answer: enter/o
◍ in, within.
Answer: endo, intra, en
◍ kidney.
Answer: nephro/o, ren/o, pyel/o
◍ partial paralysis.
Answer: paresis
◍ Consists of the choroid, iris, and ciliary body.
Answer: uvea
◍ Ventral.
Answer: Toward the belly
◍ ribs.
Answer: cost/o
◍ toward the head.
Answer: cephalad
◍ Freely movable joints.
, Answer: diarthroses
◍ one half.
Answer: hemi
◍ bursting forth.
Answer: rrhage, rrhagia
◍ leukocytopenia.
Answer: lack of white blood cells
◍ ovary.
Answer: oophor/o, ovari/o
◍ The suffix that means appetite is:.
Answer: -orexiaThe suffix -orexia means appetite, as in anorexia, which is
an eating disorder with the symptom of no appetite.
◍ hist/o.
Answer: tissue
◍ around.
Answer: peri-, circum-
◍ Treatment involving physical manipulation of the spinal column.
Answer: chiropractic
◍ Lowers blood glucose level.
Answer: insulin
◍ Excessive urea in the blood, which occurs during renal failure.
Answer: uremia
◍ hernia.
Answer: cele
◍ Inflammation of the ear with purulent discharge.
Answer: otorrhea
◍ ili/o.
, Answer: ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)
◍ -tome.
Answer: instrument to cut
◍ micro.
Answer: small
◍ Narrowing of the larynx.
Answer: laryngostenosis
◍ surgical repair.
Answer: plasty
◍ bone marrow or spine.
Answer: myel/o
◍ retroversion.
Answer: turning backward
◍ The filtering process of removing excess fluids and toxins to cleanse the
blood is called:.
Answer: hemodialysisHemodialysis is used to perform the functions of the
kidney by mechanical filtration to remove excess fluids and toxins from the
blood.
◍ Snail-shaped structure that contains the organ of Corti.
Answer: cochlea
◍ bronchiole.
Answer: bronchiol/o
◍ quadri.
Answer: four
◍ below, under.
Answer: infra
◍ between.
Answer: inter
, ◍ liver.
Answer: hepat/o
◍ amnion (amniotic sac).
Answer: amni/o
◍ keratosis.
Answer: any skin growth, such as a wart or a callus, in which there is
overgrowth and thickening of the skin
◍ The control center of the cell and responsible for reproduction.
Answer: nucleus
◍ choroid (middle layer of the eye).
Answer: choroid/o
◍ lower arm bone.
Answer: radius
◍ body.
Answer: somat/o
◍ Enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Answer: goiter
◍ plural of sarcoma.
Answer: sarcomata
◍ adip/o, lip/o, steat/o.
Answer: fat
◍ derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o.
Answer: skin
◍ under, below, deficient.
Answer: hypo
◍ -ectasis.
Answer: dilation, expansion
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ after, behind.
Answer: post
◍ arthrocentesis.
Answer: surgical puncture of a joint
◍ intestine.
Answer: enter/o
◍ in, within.
Answer: endo, intra, en
◍ kidney.
Answer: nephro/o, ren/o, pyel/o
◍ partial paralysis.
Answer: paresis
◍ Consists of the choroid, iris, and ciliary body.
Answer: uvea
◍ Ventral.
Answer: Toward the belly
◍ ribs.
Answer: cost/o
◍ toward the head.
Answer: cephalad
◍ Freely movable joints.
, Answer: diarthroses
◍ one half.
Answer: hemi
◍ bursting forth.
Answer: rrhage, rrhagia
◍ leukocytopenia.
Answer: lack of white blood cells
◍ ovary.
Answer: oophor/o, ovari/o
◍ The suffix that means appetite is:.
Answer: -orexiaThe suffix -orexia means appetite, as in anorexia, which is
an eating disorder with the symptom of no appetite.
◍ hist/o.
Answer: tissue
◍ around.
Answer: peri-, circum-
◍ Treatment involving physical manipulation of the spinal column.
Answer: chiropractic
◍ Lowers blood glucose level.
Answer: insulin
◍ Excessive urea in the blood, which occurs during renal failure.
Answer: uremia
◍ hernia.
Answer: cele
◍ Inflammation of the ear with purulent discharge.
Answer: otorrhea
◍ ili/o.
, Answer: ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)
◍ -tome.
Answer: instrument to cut
◍ micro.
Answer: small
◍ Narrowing of the larynx.
Answer: laryngostenosis
◍ surgical repair.
Answer: plasty
◍ bone marrow or spine.
Answer: myel/o
◍ retroversion.
Answer: turning backward
◍ The filtering process of removing excess fluids and toxins to cleanse the
blood is called:.
Answer: hemodialysisHemodialysis is used to perform the functions of the
kidney by mechanical filtration to remove excess fluids and toxins from the
blood.
◍ Snail-shaped structure that contains the organ of Corti.
Answer: cochlea
◍ bronchiole.
Answer: bronchiol/o
◍ quadri.
Answer: four
◍ below, under.
Answer: infra
◍ between.
Answer: inter
, ◍ liver.
Answer: hepat/o
◍ amnion (amniotic sac).
Answer: amni/o
◍ keratosis.
Answer: any skin growth, such as a wart or a callus, in which there is
overgrowth and thickening of the skin
◍ The control center of the cell and responsible for reproduction.
Answer: nucleus
◍ choroid (middle layer of the eye).
Answer: choroid/o
◍ lower arm bone.
Answer: radius
◍ body.
Answer: somat/o
◍ Enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Answer: goiter
◍ plural of sarcoma.
Answer: sarcomata
◍ adip/o, lip/o, steat/o.
Answer: fat
◍ derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o.
Answer: skin
◍ under, below, deficient.
Answer: hypo
◍ -ectasis.
Answer: dilation, expansion
