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From Eden + -ize. The nursing sense comes from the Eden Alternative proposed by William H. Thomas (physician).
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From Eden + -ize. The nursing sense comes from the Eden Alternative proposed by William H. Thomas (physician).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.