medicalization

Variant of medicalize

medicalize definition

medi·cal·ize (med′i kəl īz′)

transitive verb medicalized -·ized′, medicalizing -·iz′·ing

to use medical methods or concepts in dealing with (nonmedical problems, conditions, etc.)

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