disease mongering
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disease mongering
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The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the markets for treatments.
Near-synonyms: overmedicalization, pathologization
Similar: overmedicalization, pathologization
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@misc{disease_mongering_2026,
title = {disease mongering},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disease%20mongering},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
