Medicalize
/ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize. transitive
"The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education […]"
Antonyms
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More examples"The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education […]"
Etymology
From medical + -ize.