WGU C804 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

surgical puncture

centesis

diacritical mark that indicates the long vowel sound

macron

a word element that indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech

suffix

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

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

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

fast

tachy

three

tri

pertaining to

ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic

pain

algia, dynia

hernia, swelling

cele

the foundation of a medical term

root

type of marks that aid in the pronunciation of a word

diacritical

cell

cyte

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

desis

dilation, expansion

ectasis

excision, removal

ectomy

swelling

edema

bladder

cysto/vesico

glomerulus

glomeru/o

blood

hemat/o, hem/o

water

hydr/o

stone

lith/o

opening

meat/o

kidney

nephr/o, ren/o

night

noct/o

scanty

olig/o

disease

path/o, pathy

pus

py/p

renal pelvis

pyel/o

sound

son/o

urine or urinary tract

ur/o, urin/o

ureter

ureter/o

urethra

urethr/o

hernia

cele

blood condition

emia

condition

esis, ia, ism

process of recording

graphy

abnormal condition produced by something specific

iasis

specialist

ist

specialist in the study of

logist

study of

logy

lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

enlargement

megaly

tumor

oma

abnormal condition (primarily with blood cells)

osis

fixation (of an organ)

pexy

surgical repair

plasty

prolapse, downward displacement

ptosis

discharge, flow

rrhea

instrument for examining

scope

slit, fissure

spadia

narrowing, stricture

stenosis

instrument to cut

tome

incision

tomy

crushing

tripsy

urine

uria

condition, structure

us

a, an

without

hyper

excessive, above normal

excess, beyond

ultra

Microscopic filtering unit in the kidney

nephron

pertaining to the kidneys

renal

slender tubes within the kidney that carry urine in peristaltic waves to the bladder

ureters

Excessive urea in the blood, which occurs during renal failure

uremia

actual external opening of the urethra

meatus

Drugs that control edema and stimulate the flow of urine

diuretics

stone in the kidney

nephrolith

A cluster of capillaries forming the nephron in the kidney

glomerulus

painful or difficult urination

dysuria

sensation of the need to void immediately

urgency

Fluid that passes from the glomerulus into Bowman capsule to begin urine formation

filtrate

Tubular space within a structure

lumen

Imaginary flat surface used to identify sections of the body

plane

toward the head

cephalad

study of tissues

histology