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medicalize
verb[ T ]
(UK usuallymedicalise)uk /ˈmed.ɪ.kəl.aɪz/ us /ˈmed.ɪ.kəl.aɪz/
to consider something to be a medical problem, or to represent it as a medical problem:
There is a growing tendency in our society to medicalize problems that are not medical.
The more you medicalize a condition, the more you convince people that a tablet is the answer.
to bring more medical methods, language, etc. into something:
Complications have arisen from attempts by prison officials to medicalize the execution procedure.
In medicalized birth, the doctor is always in control, not the woman giving birth.
to deal with someone in a medical way:
When he was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer, he was adamant he didn't want to be medicalized.
Many forms of human distress, seen through Western eyes as "illness", are not medicalized in other cultures.
The sources consulted don't medicalize the field, but speak in terms of general life strategies and choices.
Indian families cope better with illness like his father's, because they don't medicalise it.
Should we take the next step and medicalize you by prescribing medicine?
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