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iatrocide

/aɪˈætɹəˌsaɪd/

iatrocide noun: the act of killing a patient by medical treatment.

Noun

iatrocide (countable and uncountable, plural iatrocides)

  1. The act of killing a patient by medical treatment.
    • And we know that iatrocide without consent is one of the choices that doctors have when it comes to our treatment.2016 December 1, Jack London, “Iatrocide — death at the hands of a doctor”, in Australian Morning Mail
    • Actually, when all of the facts and figures are taken into consideration, as Dr. Null illustrates, the cheerleaders for iatrocide are yelling “We're Number One!”2019, Robert G. Wright, Killing Cancer - Not People, page 316

Forms of iatrocide

pluraliatrocides

Origin of iatrocide

From iatro- (“doctor”) + -cide (“murder”).

Questions about iatrocide

What does iatrocide mean?
Iatrocide means the act of killing a patient by medical treatment.
What part of speech is iatrocide?
Iatrocide is a noun.
How do you pronounce iatrocide?
Iatrocide is pronounced /aɪˈætɹəˌsaɪd/.
What is the plural of iatrocide?
The plural of iatrocide is iatrocides.

Words near iatrocide in the dictionary

  1. iatrochemic
  2. iatrochemical
  3. iatrochemist
  4. iatrochemistry
  5. iatrochemists
  6. iatrocide
  7. iatroculture
  8. iatroepidemic
  9. iatroepidemics
  10. iatrogeneses
  11. iatrogenesis

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