medicalization
medicalization noun: the act or process of medicalizing.
Noun
medicalization (countable and uncountable, plural medicalizations)
- The act or process of medicalizing.
- Near-synonym: pathologization
- The medicalization of neurodiversity is complex; psychiatric nosology attempts to draw appropriate lines according to functional impairment or distress, but the concept of functional impairment sometimes relies on enculturated requirements.
- Synonyms:
- pathologization
Synonyms of medicalization
Forms of medicalization
| plural | medicalizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | medicalisation |
Origin of medicalization
From medical + -ization.
Words formed from medicalization
Questions about medicalization
- What does medicalization mean?
- Medicalization means the act or process of medicalizing.
- What part of speech is medicalization?
- Medicalization is a noun.
- What is the plural of medicalization?
- The plural of medicalization is medicalizations.
Words near medicalization in the dictionary
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