medicalize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English medicalize From medical + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
Early in this century American obstetrics became committed to a path that has led to a highly medicalized approach to the care of women during pregnancy […]
1999, Judith Rooks, Charles S Mahan, Midwifery and Childbirth:[…] sexual problems would have to be repackaged and medicalized.
2004, Leonore Tiefer, Sex is Not a Natural Act and Other Essays:The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education […]
1996, Dion Farquhar, The Other Machine: Discourse and Reproductive Technologies:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| medicalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| medicalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| medicalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| medicalise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| medicalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonmedicalized · demedicalize · overmedicalize · unmedicalized · medicalizable
Relateds
Translations (4)
fi lääketieteellistää (to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize) · hu medikalizál (to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize) · pl czynić medycznym (to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize) · de medikalisieren (to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize)