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English

Etymology
Gk. ια���� (doctor) + -genic.

Adjective
en-adj|-

#medicine An illness or symptoms induced in a patient by the words or actions of the physician.
#*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). italbrac|boldface in original

vi:iatrogenic

• 2007-04-06 13:36 - Ruakh - rm derived term "iatrogenic artefact", as the Google Books and Google Scholar hits suggest it's strictly compositional.

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