iatrogenic, a. Med.
(aɪˌætrəʊˈdʒɛnɪk)
[f. iatro- + -genic.]
Induced unintentionally by a physician through his diagnosis, manner, or treatment; of or pertaining to the induction of (mental or bodily) disorders, symptoms, etc., in this way.
| 1924 E. Bleuler tr. Brill's Textbk. Psychiatry xiii. 502 Not entirely unimportant, unfortunately, is the iatrogenic origin of neurotic manifestations. 1948 L. Kanner Child Psychiatry (ed. 2) ix. 143 Difficulties, arising from medical clumsiness in the handling of patients, are common enough to have originated the diagnosis of iatrogenic, or physician-determined, conditions of health. 1952 A. Huxley Devils of Loudun vii. 219 Like the sulpha poisoning and serum-fevers of the present, the Loudun epidemic was an ‘iatrogenic disease’, produced and fostered by the very physicians who were supposed to be restoring the patients to health. 1970 Brit. Med. Bull. XXVII. 13/2 The epidemic of iatrogenic deaths in asthmatic children shows the need for continuous monitoring of vital statistics. 1971 Sci. Amer. June 99/1 Although it is not common in this country, iatrogenic goiter—goiter caused by medical treatment—is becoming a more significant factor. Sulfonamides prescribed for urinary-tract infections..and many iodine-containing compounds administered as expectorants in the treatment of asthma are potentially goitrogenic. 1973 Guardian 18 Jan. 12 Drug induced (iatrogenic) conditions are on the increase. |
So iaˈtrogeny, the iatrogenic induction of a disorder.
| 1927 Henderson & Gillespie Text-bk. Psychiatry xiv. 416 Too often we find that in the causation of a psychoneurotic illness there has entered a very large element of ‘iatrogeny’. 1940 Hinsie & Shatzky Psychiatric Dict. 275/1 When the physician..gives any diagnosis that serves as the nucleus around which the patient builds a neurosis or psychosis, the condition is known as iatrogeny. 1973 Interfaces May 45 The biographers of Alfred Nobel have not dealt satisfactorily with the question of his full grasp of the powers of iatrogeny (prize in physiology and medicine). |