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demedicalize

demedicalize verb: to make no longer medical; to stop treating as a medical issue.

Verb

demedicalize (third-person singular simple present demedicalizes, present participle demedicalizing, simple past and past participle demedicalized)

  1. (transitive) To make no longer medical; to stop treating as a medical issue.

Forms of demedicalize

third-person singular presentdemedicalizes
present participledemedicalizing
past participledemedicalized
pastdemedicalized

Origin of demedicalize

From de- + medicalize.

Questions about demedicalize

What does demedicalize mean?
Demedicalize means to make no longer medical; to stop treating as a medical issue.
What part of speech is demedicalize?
Demedicalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of demedicalize?
The past tense of demedicalize is demedicalized.

Words near demedicalize in the dictionary

  1. demedicalise
  2. demedicalised
  3. demedicalises
  4. demedicalising
  5. demedicalization
  6. demedicalize
  7. demedicalized
  8. demedicalizes
  9. demedicalizing
  10. demedication
  11. demegestone

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