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/ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/ · verb
(transitive) 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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Medicalize means (transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize..
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The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education […]
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