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overmedicalizes

overmedicalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overmedicalize.

Meaning of overmedicalize

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

Questions about overmedicalizes

What is overmedicalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overmedicalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overmedicalize.

Words near overmedicalizes in the dictionary

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

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