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