medicalisation

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A form of medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.

OriginEnglish medical ← French médica ← Medieval Latin medicāli →
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Meanings

nounmedicalisation (countable and uncountable, plural medicalisations)

plural medicalisations

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of medicalization.

Origin

  1. Latinmedeor
  2. Latinmedicus
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  5. Medieval Latinmedicāli
  6. Frenchmédica
  7. Englishmedical
  8. Englishmedicalisation

From medical + -isation.

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APA

medicalisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicalisation

MLA

“medicalisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicalisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medicalisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicalisation.

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