disease mongering
nounDefinitions
The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the…
The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the markets for treatments.
- Near-synonyms: overmedicalization, pathologization
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for disease mongering. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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