English

Adjective

iatrogenic ‎(comparative more iatrogenic, superlative most iatrogenic)

1. (medicine, of a disease, injury, or other bad 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. (2003), p. 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 (Lilienfeld et al., 1999; Spanos, 1994). (boldface in original)

Synonyms

• nosocomial (applied to infections and their causal agents)

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