IATROGENIC


Meaning of IATROGENIC in English

Due to the activity of a physician or therapy. From the Greek "iatros" meaning physician + "gennao" meaning I produce. Iatrogenic is defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as: "induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures." For example, an iatrogenic illness is one caused by a medicine or doctor.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.