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medicalize
[ med-i-kuh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- ³¾±š»åī iĀ·³¦²¹±ōĀ·¾±Ā·³ś²¹īt¾±“Ē²Ō noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of medicalize1
Example Sentences
While itās trendy to either feverishly promote Ozempic, Wegovy or their many knock-off versions, or to dump on the whole idea, dismissing it as the product of a sick and bigoted society and corporations eager to medicalize anything they can, thereās far more to it than that.
But she also sees a temptation among public officials to villainize or medicalize lonelinessā and to tout simplistic āsolutionsā to a complex and natural part of the human experience.
I'd really love to see us cutting down on our need to medicalize and biologize every human experience.
Or does labeling people prediabetic merely āmedicalizeā a normal part of aging, creating needless anxiety for those already coping with multiple health problems?
In the meantime, however, letās not medicalize everyday stress.
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