iatropic
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3ADJ.
negative, secondary
IATROPIC + NOUN
factors, illness, medicine
PREP.
in, on, through
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adj
Causing a patient to need medical attention, especially when caused by a medical treatment.
If not, was it casually discovered by the patient or by a physician in the course of an examination? If the latter, inquire carefully as to secondary iatropic factors.
This latter effect is analogous to the problem of iatropic illness in medicine, in which treatment for one condition inadvertently induces another illness or problem.
Pertaining to professional attention or opinions that cause the need for further professional attention or opinions.
Further, study of reference sources will give insight into iatropic problems, (i.e., Different professionals see the same situation from different viewpoints and may therefore draw different conclusions.)
One wonders on the other hand if this is not an iatropic problem in that the original theory of plate tectonics is not in some way askew and that the unbending is really not necessary to explain because that is the way it ought to be in any case.
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3If not, was it casually discovered by the patient or by a physician in the course of an examination? If the latter, inquire carefully as to secondary iatropic factors.
WiktionaryThis latter effect is analogous to the problem of iatropic illness in medicine, in which treatment for one condition inadvertently induces another illness or problem.
WiktionaryAntihypertensive agents also are considered to contribute to dialysis hypotension through vasodilation, negative iatropic effects on the heart, or both.
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