iatrogenic
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /aɪˌætɹəˈdʒɛnɪk/
iatrogenic
- (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. (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)
- 2003, Michael L. Raulin, Abnormal Psychology, Pearson Education, Inc. (2003), p. 494,
- nosocomial (applied to infections and their causal agents)
- French: iatrogène, iatrogénique
- German: iatrogen, iatrogenisch, durch ärztliche Behandlung verursacht
- Italian: iatrogenico
- Portuguese: iatrogénico (Portugal), iatrogênico (Brazil)
- Russian: ятроге́нный
- Spanish: iatrogénico
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