iatrogenic
/aɪˌætɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "These medicines addicted, sickened, or killed outright; they also could trigger chemical pneumonitis, or progressive lung injury, if inhaled during a bout of iatrogenic, or physician–triggered, vomiting."
- "[Stewart] Brand never mentions any of this, even when—borrowing a term from medicine—he warns, elsewhere in the book, of “iatrogenic” disruptions, in which “a sloppy attempt to fix a problem makes the problem worse or adds a new one.”"
Etymology
From iatro- + -genic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more iatrogenic (comparative)
most iatrogenic (superlative)