Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment. This includes adverse effects, complications, or harm resulting from medical intervention, medication, or procedures performed by healthcare providers.
From Greek 'iatros' meaning physician and 'genesis' meaning origin or creation, literally 'physician-caused.' The term was coined in the 1920s to acknowledge that medical treatments themselves could sometimes cause harm or new problems.
Iatrogenic literally means 'doctor-created' - it's medicine's way of admitting that sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease! This humble term reminds us that every medical intervention carries risks, and sometimes our attempts to help can inadvertently cause harm.
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