iatrogenic

From iatro- +‎ -genic.

• IPA^(key): /aɪˌætɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

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iatrogenic (comparative more iatrogenic, superlative most iatrogenic)

1. (medicine, of a disease, injury, or other adverse outcome) Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.
   • 2003, Michael L. Raulin, Abnormal Psychology, Pearson Education, Inc., page 494:

     Another group argues that the diagnosis is being overused and that many of the diagnosed cases are iatrogenic, or unintentionally shaped or caused by the practitioner

• nosocomial (applied to infections and their causal agents)

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