WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
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1. diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound macron
2. the foundation of a medical term root
3. a word element that indicates procedure, condition, suffix
disease, or part of speech
4. type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word diacritical
5. a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be elements
connected as one word
6. the second step in defining a medical term considers first
this part of the word
7. added to some word root combinations to help with vowel
pronunciation
8. a combining form links a suffix that begins with this consonant
9. word created by combining root words together compound
10. without, not a-, an-, non-, un-
11. slow brady
12. around peri, circum
13. through, across dia, trans
14. double dip, diplo
15. bad, painful, difficult dys
16. in, within endo, intra, en
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17. one half hemi
18. different hetero
19. same homo-, homeo-
20. excessive, above normal hyper
21. under, below, deficient hypo
22. large macro
23. small micro
24. one mono, uni
25. many, much multi, poly
26. after, behind post
27. before, in front of pre, pro
28. first primi
29. four quadri
30. backward, behind retro
31. upper, above super
32. fast tachy
33. three tri
34. pertaining to ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical,
-ior, -ous, -tic
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35. pain algia, dynia
36. hernia, swelling cele
37. surgical puncture centesis
38. cell cyte
39. binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) desis
40. dilation, expansion ectasis
41. excision, removal ectomy
42. swelling edema
43. bladder cysto/vesico
44. glomerulus glomeru/o
45. blood hemat/o, hem/o
46. water hydr/o
47. stone lith/o
48. opening meat/o
49. kidney nephr/o, ren/o
50. night noct/o
51. scanty olig/o
52. disease path/o, pathy
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1. diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound macron
2. the foundation of a medical term root
3. a word element that indicates procedure, condition, suffix
disease, or part of speech
4. type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word diacritical
5. a combining vowel allows two or more of these to be elements
connected as one word
6. the second step in defining a medical term considers first
this part of the word
7. added to some word root combinations to help with vowel
pronunciation
8. a combining form links a suffix that begins with this consonant
9. word created by combining root words together compound
10. without, not a-, an-, non-, un-
11. slow brady
12. around peri, circum
13. through, across dia, trans
14. double dip, diplo
15. bad, painful, difficult dys
16. in, within endo, intra, en
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17. one half hemi
18. different hetero
19. same homo-, homeo-
20. excessive, above normal hyper
21. under, below, deficient hypo
22. large macro
23. small micro
24. one mono, uni
25. many, much multi, poly
26. after, behind post
27. before, in front of pre, pro
28. first primi
29. four quadri
30. backward, behind retro
31. upper, above super
32. fast tachy
33. three tri
34. pertaining to ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical,
-ior, -ous, -tic
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35. pain algia, dynia
36. hernia, swelling cele
37. surgical puncture centesis
38. cell cyte
39. binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) desis
40. dilation, expansion ectasis
41. excision, removal ectomy
42. swelling edema
43. bladder cysto/vesico
44. glomerulus glomeru/o
45. blood hemat/o, hem/o
46. water hydr/o
47. stone lith/o
48. opening meat/o
49. kidney nephr/o, ren/o
50. night noct/o
51. scanty olig/o
52. disease path/o, pathy
