medicalize
verb (used with object)
to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
medicalization
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a word derived from
medicalize.
Example Sentences
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The one credible bull case is medicalization: wearables evolving from wellness gadgets into clinically integrated monitoring tools used by physicians and insurers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“We expect applicants to demonstrate how their Title X projects will integrate noninvasive, evidence-based practices that promote health literacy, fertility awareness, and reproductive health without unnecessary medicalization or symptom suppression.”
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
The result is “the medicalization of adolescence,” Dr. Zito, of the University of Maryland, said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
“This was probably the cornerstone of the medicalization in orthodontics,” said Alexander Spassov, an orthodontist and researcher in Greifswald, Germany.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2020
My point is that over the last few decades, there has been a medicalization of normal human despair.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2019
