"iatrogenic" meaning in English

See iatrogenic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /aɪˌætɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-iatrogenic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more iatrogenic [comparative], most iatrogenic [superlative]
Etymology: From iatro- + -genic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|iatro|genic}} iatro- + -genic Head templates: {{en-adj}} iatrogenic (comparative more iatrogenic, superlative most iatrogenic)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Medicine Hyponyms: nosocomial (english: applied to infections and their causal agents) Translations (induced by physician or medical treatment): iatrogènic (Catalan), iatrogenní (Czech), iatrogeen (Dutch), iatrogeeninen (Finnish), iatrogène (French), iatrogénique (French), iatrogen (German), iatrogenisch (German), durch ärztliche Behandlung verursacht (German), ιατρογενής (iatrogenís) (Greek), af læknisvöldum (cf. læknir, vald) (Icelandic), meðferðartengdur (cf. meðferð, tengdur) [masculine] (Icelandic), iatraigineach (Irish), iatrogenico (Italian), iatrogeno (Italian), iatrogenik (Malay), iatrogen (Norwegian Bokmål), iatrogénico [Portugal] (Portuguese), iatrogênico [Brazil] (Portuguese), ятроге́нный (jatrogénnyj) (Russian), iatrogénico (Spanish), โรคหมอทำ (Thai)

Alternative forms

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