medicalizing

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A form of medicalize — To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of medicalize
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APA

medicalizing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicalizing

MLA

“medicalizing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicalizing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medicalizing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicalizing.

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