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overmedicalize

overmedicalize verb: to medicalize too much.

Verb

overmedicalize (third-person singular simple present overmedicalizes, present participle overmedicalizing, simple past and past participle overmedicalized)

  1. (transitive) To medicalize too much.
    • To be sure, we overmedicalize at times.2007 January 9, “Letters”, in New York Times

Forms of overmedicalize

third-person singular presentovermedicalizes
present participleovermedicalizing
past participleovermedicalized
pastovermedicalized

Origin of overmedicalize

From over- + medicalize.

Questions about overmedicalize

What does overmedicalize mean?
Overmedicalize means to medicalize too much.
What part of speech is overmedicalize?
Overmedicalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overmedicalize?
The past tense of overmedicalize is overmedicalized.

Words near overmedicalize in the dictionary

  1. overmeddles
  2. overmeddling
  3. overmedicalisation
  4. overmedicalisations
  5. overmedicalization
  6. overmedicalize
  7. overmedicalized
  8. overmedicalizes
  9. overmedicalizing
  10. overmedicate
  11. overmedicated

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