MEDICALIZE


Meaning of MEDICALIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈme-di-kə-ˌlīz ]

transitive verb

( -ized ; -izing )

Date: 1970

: to view or treat as a medical concern, problem, or disorder

those who seek to dispose of social problems by medicalizing them — Liam Hudson

• med·i·cal·i·za·tion ˌme-di-kə-lə-ˈzā-shən noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.