- med|i|cal|ize
- med|i|cal|ize «MEHD uh kuhl yz», transitive verbto treat like a disease, especially by prescribing drugs: »
Medicalizing every little ache and pain turns more and more people into patients.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
med|i|cal|ize
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cal — abi·o·log·i·cal; adre·no·cor·ti·cal; aero·bi·o·log·i·cal; aero·chem·i·cal; aero·log·i·cal; aero·med·i·cal; aero·nau·ti·cal; aero·phys·i·cal; aero·tech·ni·cal; aes·thet·i·cal·ly; afo·cal; ag·a·tho·kak·o·log·i·cal; ag·nat·i·cal·ly;… … English syllables
ize — jaco·bin·ize; jar·gon·ize; jas·per·ize; jesu·it·ize; jour·nal·ize; jo·vial·ize; ju·da·ize; ka·olin·ize; ker·a·tin·ize; kjel·dahl·ize; la·bi·al·ize; la·bio·ve·lar·ize; la·ryn·ge·al·ize; lat·er·al·ize; lat·in·ize; leath·er·ize; le·gal·ize;… … English syllables
med — aero·med·i·cal; aero·med·i·cine; ah·med·abad; be·med·aled; med·al·et; med·al·ist; med·dle; med·dler; med·dle·some; med·dle·some·ly; med·dle·some·ness; med·dling; med·dling·ly; med·fly; med·i·ca·go; med·i·ca·men·tous; med·i·cant; med·i·cas·ter;… … English syllables
medicalize — med·i·cal·ize … English syllables
Medicalize — To identify a condition as a disorder requiring medical treatment. The term medicalize is usually used in a pejorative or disparaging sense. For example, The recommendation that all women take folic acid during the childbearing years tends, some… … Medical dictionary
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
ri — abac·te·ri·al; ab·de·ri·an; ab·ka·ri; ac·an·thop·te·ri; ac·an·thu·ri·dae; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·ces·so·ri·al; ac·ces·so·ri·us; ac·ci·pit·ri·dae; ac·cus·a·to·ri·al; acera·the·ri·um;… … English syllables
aero — aero·ba·cil·lus; aero·bac·ter; aero·bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy; aero·bal·lis·tics; aero·bat·ic; aero·bat·ics; aero·bi·o·log·i·cal; aero·bi·ol·o·gy; aero·bi·o·scope; aero·bi·o·sis; aero·bi·ot·ic; aero·cam·era; aero·car·to·graph; aero·chem·i·cal;… … English syllables
focalize — fo·cal·ize or Brit fo·cal·ise fō kə .līz vb, ized or Brit ised; iz·ing or Brit is·ing vt to confine to a limited area <the ability to focalize a coccidioidal infection (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)> vi to become confined to a limited area… … Medical dictionary
ca — ab·a·ca; aba·ca·te; aba·ca·xi; ab·di·ca·ble; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·di·ca·tor; ab·ra·ca·dab·ra; ac·ca; ac·ciac·ca·tu·ra; ace·ti·fi·ca·tion; acid·i·fi·ca·tion; ac·ro·tho·rac·i·ca; ac·ti·fi·ca·tion; ad·ju·di·ca·taire; ad·ju·di·ca·tio; ad·ju·di·ca·tion;… … English syllables
