iatropic

Adjective

iatropic (comparative more iatropic, superlative most iatropic)

1. 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.1987, Hiram C. Polk, H. Harlan Stone, Bernard Gardner, Basic Surgery, page 409
   • 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.1996, ASME Technical Papers, page 345
2. (broadly) 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.)1980, Proceedings of International Computer Symposium 1980
   • 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.1981, Applied Mechanics Reviews - Volume 34, page 1365