A Word A Day —iatrogenic

This week’s theme: words made using combining forms.

iatrogenic (eye-at-ruh-JEN-ik) adjective

   Caused inadvertently by medical treatment, such as an infection or a complication.

[From iatro- (healer, medicine), from Greek iatros (healer) + English -genic (producing).]

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-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

  “ICU care, provided to the most frail and sick patients, often results in the worst iatrogenic injuries.”
   Sandeep Jauhar, MD; First, Do No Harm; The New York Times; Aug 10, 1999.

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