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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
iatrogenic

1920, from iatro- + -genic.

Wiktionary
iatrogenic

a. (context medicine of a disease, injury, or other bad outcome English) induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.

WordNet
iatrogenic

adj. induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment)

Usage examples of "iatrogenic".

This appears to have been the major contributing factor to the high incidence of iatrogenic schizophrenia they later developed.

You have to weigh the diminishingly small chance of finding something wronganything at allwith the risk of producing an iatrogenic condition from the testing procedures.