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depathologize

depathologize verb: to cease to treat as a medical disorder.

Verb

depathologize (third-person singular simple present depathologizes, present participle depathologizing, simple past and past participle depathologized)

  1. (transitive) To cease to treat as a medical disorder.
    • […] by the 1970s, members of Tri-Ess were engineering newspaper articles and appearances on television to popularize and depathologize cross-dressing and help isolated heterosexual cross-dressers and their wives obtain support.2006, Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights, page 172

Antonyms of depathologize

Forms of depathologize

third-person singular presentdepathologizes
present participledepathologizing
past participledepathologized
pastdepathologized

Origin of depathologize

From de- + pathologize.

Questions about depathologize

What does depathologize mean?
Depathologize means to cease to treat as a medical disorder.
What part of speech is depathologize?
Depathologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of depathologize?
The past tense of depathologize is depathologized.

Words near depathologize in the dictionary

  1. depastured
  2. depastures
  3. depasturing
  4. depathologisation
  5. depathologization
  6. depathologize
  7. depathologized
  8. depathologizes
  9. depathologizing
  10. depatriarchalization
  11. depatriarchalize

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