Associations to the word «Iatrogenic»

Wiktionary

IATROGENIC, adjective. (medicine) (of a disease, injury, or other bad outcome) Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.

Dictionary definition

IATROGENIC, adjective. Induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.