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
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Iatrogenic
//aɪˌætɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk//
Synonyms for "iatrogenic" (2 found)
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23 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- iatrogènic adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Czech
1 entries- iatrogenní adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Dutch
1 entries- iatrogeen adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Finnish
2 entries- hoidosta johtuva adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
- iatrogeeninen adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
French
2 entries- iatrogène adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
- iatrogénique adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
German
3 entries- durch ärztliche Behandlung verursacht adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
- iatrogen adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
- iatrogenisch adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Greek
1 entries- ιατρογενής adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Icelandic
2 entries- af læknisvöldum (cf. læknir, vald) adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
- meðferðartengdur (cf. meðferð, tengdur) adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Irish
1 entries- iatraigineach adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Italian
2 entries- iatrogenico adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
- iatrogeno adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Malay
1 entries- iatrogenik adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- iatrogen adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Portuguese
2 entries- iatrogénico adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
- iatrogênico adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Russian
1 entries- ятроге́нный adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Spanish
1 entries- iatrogénico adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
Thai
1 entries- โรคหมอทำ adj (induced by physician or medical treatment)
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