iatrogenic

adjective

iat·ro·gen·ic (ˌ)ī-ˌa-trə-ˈje-nik How to pronounce iatrogenic (audio)

: induced unintentionally by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures

iatrogenic illness

iatrogenic injury to a nerve

… obtaining blood from humans is an invasive procedure with inherent risks to the patient such as pain at the needle site and the increased likelihood of acquiring an iatrogenic infection.

Tony K. L. Kiang and Mary H. H. Ensom

iatrogenically

(ˌ)ī-ˌa-trə-ˈje-ni-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce iatrogenic (audio)

adverb

iatrogenically induced illness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web There are four types of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 9 June 2022 Injury or illness caused by the healer is called iatrogenic harm.

Stephan Landsman, STAT, 6 Aug. 2021 If Whitaker is right, modern psychiatry, together with the pharmaceutical industry, has inflicted iatrogenic harm on millions of people.

John Horgan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2020

Medical Definition

iatrogenic

adjective

iat·ro·gen·ic (ˌ)ī-ˌa-trə-ˈjen-ik also (ˌ)ē- How to pronounce iatrogenic (audio)

: induced unintentionally by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures

iatrogenic nosocomial infection

iatrogenic nerve injury

"Iatrogenic events" were defined using standard criteria as an illness resulting from a diagnostic procedure or therapeutic intervention or any harmful occurrence that was not a natural consequence of the patient's underlying illness (and not present at hospital admission).

Sharon K. Inouye et al., The Journal of the American Medical Association

单词	iatrogenic
释义	iatrogenic adjective iat·ro·gen·ic (ˌ)ī-ˌa-trə-ˈje-nik : induced unintentionally by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures iatrogenic illness iatrogenic injury to a nerve … obtaining blood from humans is an invasive procedure with inherent risks to the patient such as pain at the needle site and the increased likelihood of acquiring an iatrogenic infection. Tony K. L. Kiang and Mary H. H. Ensom iatrogenically (ˌ)ī-ˌa-trə-ˈje-ni-k(ə-)lē adverb iatrogenically induced illness Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web There are four types of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 9 June 2022 Injury or illness caused by the healer is called iatrogenic harm. Stephan Landsman, STAT, 6 Aug. 2021 If Whitaker is right, modern psychiatry, together with the pharmaceutical industry, has inflicted iatrogenic harm on millions of people. John Horgan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2020 Word History Etymology Greek iātro-, combining form of iātrós "physician, healer" + -genic — more at -iatry First Known Use 1920, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition iatrogenic adjective iat·ro·gen·ic (ˌ)ī-ˌa-trə-ˈjen-ik also (ˌ)ē- : induced unintentionally by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures iatrogenic nosocomial infection iatrogenic nerve injury "Iatrogenic events" were defined using standard criteria as an illness resulting from a diagnostic procedure or therapeutic intervention or any harmful occurrence that was not a natural consequence of the patient's underlying illness (and not present at hospital admission). Sharon K. Inouye et al., The Journal of the American Medical Association
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iatrogenic

adjective

Example Sentences

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Medical Definition

adjective