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overmedicalize en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + medicalize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To medicalize too much.
    • To be sure, we overmedicalize at times. 2007 January 9, “Letters”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overmedicalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overmedicalized Tense=Past lexicographic
overmedicalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overmedicalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic