Overmedicalize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To medicalize too much. transitive

    "To be sure, we overmedicalize at times."

Example

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"To be sure, we overmedicalize at times."

Etymology

From over- + medicalize.

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