medicalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.

/ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicalize.wav

medicalize medicalizes medicalizing medicalized medicalise

From medical + -ize.

medicalization

demedicalize medicalizable nonmedicalized overmedicalize unmedicalized

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