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medicalize

verb
/ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/

Etymology

From medical + -ize.

  1. derived from medicus
  2. derived from medicālis
  3. borrowed from médical
  4. suffixed as medicalize — “medical + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make medical

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

    • The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education […]
    • Early in this century American obstetrics became committed to a path that has led to a highly medicalized approach to the care of women during pregnancy […]
    • […] sexual problems would have to be repackaged and medicalized.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA