overmedicalize

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verb

To medicalize too much.

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Meanings

verbovermedicalize (third-person singular simple present overmedicalizes, present participle overmedicalizing, simple past and past participle overmedicalized)

present singular third person overmedicalizes · participle present overmedicalizing · participle past overmedicalized · past overmedicalized

  1. transitiveTo medicalize too much.

    To be sure, we overmedicalize at times.

    2007 January 9, “Letters”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + medicalize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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