;Posted on 11/19/2014 5:53:08 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, November 19, 2014-- iatrogenic
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
iatrogenic [ahy-a-truh-jen-ik, ee-a-]
adjective
1. (of a medical disorder) caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician.
2. (medical) (of an illness or symptoms) induced in a patient as the result of a physician's words or actions, especially as a consequence of taking a drug prescribed by the physician.
3. (social welfare) (of a problem) induced by the means of treating a problem but ascribed to the continuing natural development of the problem being treated.
Origin: 1920, from iatro- + -genic.
iatro a combining form meaning “healer,” “medicine,” “healing,” used in the formation of compound words
genic a combining form often corresponding to nouns ending in -gen, or -geny, with the following senses: “producing or causing” (hallucinogenic); “produced or caused by” (cosmogenic); “pertaining to a gene or genes” (polygenic); “pertaining to suitability for reproduction by a medium” (telegenic).
Related forms
iatrogenicity, noun
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Wake up, warm up, and hand in your homework. (Those in upstate NY are granted an extension until June.)
Congrats on getting in before the Ping!
Dr. Gruber’s diagnosis of the American people’s lack of brain function ironically caused an iatrogenic reaction in the body politic.
Speaking of extensions, we got a scam call message yesterday, from a man with a foreign accent who claimed his name was Steve Martin(he wasn’t even funny!) who said we must call him back immediately about our extension or we would have to appear before the magistrate. Very bizarre. I wanted to call the cops on him because I thought it was threatening but the spouse said it’s a common scam. But I wondered how many other people felt threatened and called him back.
So, in a nutshell, this lib genius claims that the dems lost the Senate due to racism directed at Obama, who (1) was not on the ballot and, (2) was twice elected President of the United States. Interesting theory.
Gruber has become the gift that keeps on giving.
At least on the Democrat side.
A++
They can try, but the public will never be big supporters of Amnesty. Most people are smart enough to realize that Amnesty, coupled with opposition to Voter ID, is a gateway to massive fraud that will benefit the democrats.
I got that same call a few weeks ago. It would have been a lot more believable if the guy used his real (foreign-sounding) name. Just another scam, and not even a good one.
scary though for elderly or people who may not be sophisticated enough to know about these kind of scams.
I hope you are right.
Dang COLD up here in the frozen tundra. Zero degrees with wind chill by 5pm last night. I FROZE!
was 17 deg when I got up and out this AM, and that was bad enough!
I was shocked that they actually had hot dog carts in the subways and people actually bought them in NYC. My sister called them “dirty dogs”. I could NEVER. Gag me.
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