| iatrogenic | Induced inadvertently by the medical treatment or procedures or actvity of a physician. Originally applied to disorders induced in the patient by autosuggestion based on the physician's examination, manner or discussion, the term is now applied to any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician or surgeon, especially to infections acquired by the patient during the course of treatment. Compare: nosocomial. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (18 Nov 1997) |
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| iatrogenic disease | <disease> A disease produced as a consequence of medical or surgical treatment. (13 Nov 1997) |
| iatrogenic transmission | Transmission of infectious agents due to medical interference (e.g., transmission by contaminated needles). (05 Mar 2000) |
| iatrology | Rarely used term for medical science. Origin: iatro-+ G. Logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| iatromathematical | Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| iatromathematical school | A group of academicians, of whom Descartes was one of the foremost proponents, who maintained that all physiologic processes were the result of physical laws. Synonym: mechanistic school. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iatromathematician | One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; opposed to the iatrochemists. Origin: Gr. Physician + E. Mathematician. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| iatromechanical | Denoting a school of medical thought in the 17th century which explained all physiologic and pathologic phenomena by the laws of physics. Synonym: iatromathematical, iatromechanical. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iatromelia | Ineffective or negligent medical treatment. From iatro- meaning a relationship to a physician or medicine + the greek meleos meaning fruitless or vain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| iatromisia | An intense dislike of doctors. From iatro- indicating a relationship to a physician or medicine + the greek miseo meaning i hate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| iatrophysical | Denoting a school of medical thought in the 17th century which explained all physiologic and pathologic phenomena by the laws of physics. Synonym: iatromathematical, iatromechanical. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iatrophysicist | A member of the iatrophysical school. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iatrophysics | Physics as applied to medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iatrotechnique | Rarely used term for the art of medicine and surgery; the technique or mode of application of medical science. Origin: iatro-+ G. Techne, art (05 Mar 2000) |