General Medical Terms

Question 1

Adverse events

Answer 1

A complication resulting from a treatment.

Question 2

Efficacy

Answer 2

The effectiveness of a treatment

Question 3

Etiology

Answer 3

Cause of a disease or condition.

Question 4

Hyperplasia

Answer 4

The increase in the number of normal (i.e., noncancerous) cells in tissue or an organ.

Question 5

Incidence

Answer 5

The frequency that something occurs; when measuring the frequency of a disease, incidence
relates to the number of people who are typically diagnosed in a given time period, usually
one year

Question 6

Interventional Therapy

Answer 6

A surgical or endoscopic procedure.

Question 7

Medical therapy

Answer 7

Medication prescribed to treat symptoms of a condition.

Question 8

Morbidity

Answer 8

Illness or disease

Question 9

Pathophysiology

Answer 9

Abnormal function of an organ because of disease; can also be used to describe the process
of a disease.

Question 10

Prevalence

Answer 10

The proportion of all individuals who have a disease/condition. This differs from incidence
which measures just the number of people with new diagnoses.

Question 11

Prognosis

Answer 11

The forecast of the likely outcome or course of a disease or intervention.