Medicalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Medicalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
Meaning
(transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
Example Sentences
[…] sexual problems would have to be repackaged and medicalized.
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 […]
Word Forms
- medicalizes
- medicalizing
- medicalized
- medicalise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include medicalise, psychopathologize, humanize, clinicalize, politicalize, mannerize.
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