WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY [2026] | DETAILED
SOLUTIONS |
• macro -✓✓ANSWER: large
• cyte -✓✓ANSWER: cell
• chondr/o -✓✓ANSWER: cartilage
• -malacia -✓✓ANSWER: softening
• dent -✓✓ANSWER: tooth, teeth
• a -✓✓ANSWER: without
• an -✓✓ANSWER: not
• dia -✓✓ANSWER: through
• trans -✓✓ANSWER: across
• dipl- or diplo- -✓✓ANSWER: double
• dys -✓✓ANSWER: bad, painful, difficult
,• primi- -✓✓ANSWER: first
• quadri- -✓✓ANSWER: four
• retro -✓✓ANSWER: backward, behind
• super -✓✓ANSWER: upper, above
• -tome -✓✓ANSWER: instrument to cut
• -tripsy -✓✓ANSWER: crushing
• toxic -✓✓ANSWER: poison
• -pexy -✓✓ANSWER: fixation (of an organ)
• -plasia -✓✓ANSWER: formation, growth
• -tomy -✓✓ANSWER: incision
• -stomy -✓✓ANSWER: forming an opening
• -cele -✓✓ANSWER: hernia, swelling
, • -cetensis -✓✓ANSWER: surgical puncture
• -desis -✓✓ANSWER: binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
• -ectasis -✓✓ANSWER: dilation, expansion
• -plegia -✓✓ANSWER: paralysis
• -rrhaphy -✓✓ANSWER: suture
• -rrhexis -✓✓ANSWER: rupture
• edema -✓✓ANSWER: swelling
• -stenosis -✓✓ANSWER: narrowing, stricture
• -emesis -✓✓ANSWER: vomiting
• -gram -✓✓ANSWER: record, writing
• -trophy -✓✓ANSWER: nourishment, development
• -iasis -✓✓ANSWER: abnormal condition
SOLUTIONS |
• macro -✓✓ANSWER: large
• cyte -✓✓ANSWER: cell
• chondr/o -✓✓ANSWER: cartilage
• -malacia -✓✓ANSWER: softening
• dent -✓✓ANSWER: tooth, teeth
• a -✓✓ANSWER: without
• an -✓✓ANSWER: not
• dia -✓✓ANSWER: through
• trans -✓✓ANSWER: across
• dipl- or diplo- -✓✓ANSWER: double
• dys -✓✓ANSWER: bad, painful, difficult
,• primi- -✓✓ANSWER: first
• quadri- -✓✓ANSWER: four
• retro -✓✓ANSWER: backward, behind
• super -✓✓ANSWER: upper, above
• -tome -✓✓ANSWER: instrument to cut
• -tripsy -✓✓ANSWER: crushing
• toxic -✓✓ANSWER: poison
• -pexy -✓✓ANSWER: fixation (of an organ)
• -plasia -✓✓ANSWER: formation, growth
• -tomy -✓✓ANSWER: incision
• -stomy -✓✓ANSWER: forming an opening
• -cele -✓✓ANSWER: hernia, swelling
, • -cetensis -✓✓ANSWER: surgical puncture
• -desis -✓✓ANSWER: binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
• -ectasis -✓✓ANSWER: dilation, expansion
• -plegia -✓✓ANSWER: paralysis
• -rrhaphy -✓✓ANSWER: suture
• -rrhexis -✓✓ANSWER: rupture
• edema -✓✓ANSWER: swelling
• -stenosis -✓✓ANSWER: narrowing, stricture
• -emesis -✓✓ANSWER: vomiting
• -gram -✓✓ANSWER: record, writing
• -trophy -✓✓ANSWER: nourishment, development
• -iasis -✓✓ANSWER: abnormal condition