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adjective - (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)
Etymology: (doctor) + -genic.
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