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