📚 Iatrogenic, adjective. 🔉 /ʌɪˌatrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment. ❗️ Examples: 1. Drugs may cause side effects which can lead to iatrogenic disease. 2. This means significant cost savings in medications and possible iatrogenic side effects. 3. Blood tests can induce iatrogenic anaemia in patients, are time consuming for staff, and are costly. 4. By encouraging better adherence, our pharmacists may have precipitated iatrogenic illness that previously had been avoided. 5. The authors attribute this incongruity to the higher rate of iatrogenic preterm deliveries in the untreated group. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic