iatrogenic

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Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/aɪˌætɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

Definition of iatrogenic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.
    “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”
    “[Stewart] Brand never mentions any of this, even when—borrowing a term from medicine—he warns, elsewhere in the book, of “iatrogenic” disruptions, in which “a sloppy attempt to fix a problem makes the problem worse or adds a new one.””

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Etymology

From iatro- + -genic.

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