MEDICALIZE


Meaning of MEDICALIZE in English

— medicalization , n.

/med"i keuh luyz'/ , v.t., medicalized, medicalizing .

to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.

Also, esp. Brit., medicalise .

[ MEDICAL + -IZE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .