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iatro-

A physician or medical treatment.

Greek iatros, physician.

The only common term here is iatrogenic, relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment. Iatrochemistry is a school of thought of the 16th and 17th centuries which sought to understand medicine and physiology in terms of chemistry; iatrology is a rare term for the science of medicine.

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