Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Iatrogenic


iatrogenic

\ahy-a-truh-JEN-ik\ , adjective;
1.
A malady induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures.

From Urban Dictionary:

idioiatrogenic

from the medical words "idiopathic" meaning unknown source of disease, and "iatrogenic" meaning that the problem occurred because of medical practice.

Idioiatrogenic is therefore a problem that the doctor is ignorant of causing.

Video titled "Iatrogenic Deaths" which comprised of over a minute of silence and a grunge font of the word "play"



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