English Explanatory Dictionary

disease mongering

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the markets for treatments.

Word forms

disease mongering

Synonyms

overmedicalization pathologization

Related words

overdiagnosis underdiagnosis
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