"medicalize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: medicalizes [present, singular, third-person], medicalizing [participle, present], medicalized [participle, past], medicalized [past]
Etymology: From medical + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|medical|ize}} medical + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} medicalize (third-person singular simple present medicalizes, present participle medicalizing, simple past and past participle medicalized)
  1. (transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize. Tags: transitive Synonyms: medicalise Related terms: medicalization Translations (to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize): lääketieteellistää (Finnish), medikalisieren (German), medikalizál (Hungarian), czynić medycznym (Polish)

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