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depathologizes

depathologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of depathologize.

Meaning of depathologize

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

Questions about depathologizes

What is depathologizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Depathologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of depathologize.

Words near depathologizes in the dictionary

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

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