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Look up: iatro-

  1. Iatro
    Unit Test, Iatro (Medical Treatment) Words Iatro Words, Quiz #1.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  2. iatro-
    <prefix> Prefix relating to a physician or medicine. From the greek word iatros meaning physician (healer). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  3. iatro-
    Physicians, medicine, treatment. Cf. medico- [G. iatros, physician]
    Found on

  4. Iatrochemical
    I·a`tro·chem'ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/1

  5. iatrochemical
    Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  6. Iatrochemical
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. iatrochemical
    iatrochemistry, iatrochemical, chemiatry 1. A school of medicine active from 1525 to 1660; it theorized that life, health, and disease were the result of chemical balances, and that disease was to be treated chemically. Its most famous members were Paracelsus, J.B. van Helmont, and de la Boë Sylvius. 2. The study of chemistry in relation to physiologic and pathologic processes, and the ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Iatrochemist
    I·a`tro·chem'ist noun [ Greek ... physician + English chemist .] A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/1

  9. iatrochemist
    A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry. ... Origin: Gr. Physician + E. Chemist. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. Iatrochemist
    • (n.) A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. iatrochemist
    iatrochemist A member of the iatrochemical school.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. Iatrochemistry
    I·a`tro·chem'is·try noun Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/1

  13. iatrochemistry
    Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles. ... Source: Webs ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  14. Iatrochemistry
    `Iatrochemistry` is a branch of both chemistry and medicine. Having its roots in alchemy, iatrochemistry seeks to provide chemical solutions to diseases and medical ailments. This area of science has fallen out of use since the rise of modern medical practices. However, iatrochemistry was popular between 1525 and 1660, especially in Flanders. Its most notable leader was Paracelsus, an important Swiss alchemist of the 16th century. Iatrochemists ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrochemis

  15. Iatrochemistry
    • (n.) Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.I...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. iatrochemistry
    iatrochemistry, iatrochemical, chemiatry 1. A school of medicine active from 1525 to 1660; it theorized that life, health, and disease were the result of chemical balances, and that disease was to be treated chemically. Its most famous members were Paracelsus, J.B. van Helmont, and de la Boë Sylvius. 2. The study of chemistry in relation to physiologic and pathologic processes, and the ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  17. Iatroculture
    `Iatroculture` - of or relating to the culture of medical professionals. This term identifies the phenomenon that medical professionals have a unique culture of their own such that all clinical encounters can be envisioned as essentially cross-cultural. From the Greek
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrocultur

  18. iatrogenesis
    'Iatrogenic' refers to the use of drugs and has come to mean that the drugs or treatments used have contributed not to the cure but to the continuing or worsening of the condition. In the 1980s Australian physicians coined the word 'iatrogenesis' believing that the principle cause of the 'epidemic' of 'RSI' in Australia was due to poor diagnosis on ...
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  19. Iatrogenesis
    `Iatrogenesis` literally means `brought forth by a healer` (`iatros` means healer in Greek); as such, it can refer to good or bad effects, but it is almost exclusively used to refer to a state of ill health or adverse effect or complication caused by or resulting from medical treatment. From a sociological point of view there are three types of iatrogenesis: clinical iatrogenesis, social iatrogenesis, and cultural iatrogenesis. While iatrogenes...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenesi

  20. iatrogenesis
    iatrogenesis 1. Refers to any illness, injury, or fatality that is the direct result of medical intervention (doctor induced), ranging from inappropriate treatment to harmful drug interaction, misinterpretation of a lab test, or a fatal reaction to an injection of penicillin or other medication. Adverse side effects and dangerous interactions between drugs ar...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  21. iatrogenic
    [adj] - (medicine) induced by a physician`s words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  22. iatrogenic
    Any adverse condition resulting from medical treatment.
    Found on http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacgloss

  23. Iatrogenic
    a term used to describe a disease, disorder, or medical condition that is a direct result of medical treatment
    Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l

  24. Iatrogenic
    Describes a problem that is caused by a doctors efforts to treat another problem e.g. - Treatment of an overactive thyroid commonly produces an underactive thyroid i.e. iatrogenic hypothyroidism - Transplant patients can develop cancers (especially leukaemia and lymphoma) as a result of the toxicity of the anti-rejection drugs that they take i.e. t ...
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  25. Iatrogenic
    Brought about by medical or surgical treatment
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit


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