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Nosocomial vs Iatrogenic - What's the difference?

nosocomial | iatrogenic |

As adjectives the difference between nosocomial and iatrogenic

is that nosocomial is arising from hospital treatment or environment while iatrogenic is induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.

nosocomial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Arising from hospital treatment or environment.
  • Of, relating to, happening in a hospital.
    • (Dunglison)

    Synonyms

    * iatrogenic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    iatrogenic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.
  • * 2003, Michael L. Raulin, Abnormal Psychology , Pearson Education, Inc. (2003), p. 494,
    • Another group argues that the diagnosis is being overused and that many of the diagnosed cases are iatrogenic, or unintentionally shaped or caused by the practitioner (Lilienfeld et al., 1999; Spanos, 1994). (boldface in original)

    Synonyms

    * nosocomial (applied to infections and their causal agents)