medicalization

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medicalization

noun medicalizations · medicalisation

  1. countable, uncountable The act or process of medicalizing. Near-synonym: pathologization

    Similar: pathologization

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noun the act or process of medicalizing

Españolmedicalización
Portuguêsmedicalização
Françaismédicalisation
DeutschMedikalisierung

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"medicalization." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/medicalization. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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medicalization. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/medicalization

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"medicalization." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/medicalization.

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@misc{medicalization_2026,
  title = {medicalization},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/medicalization},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}