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pathologizes

pathologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pathologize.

Meaning of pathologize

Verb

pathologize (third-person singular simple present pathologizes, present participle pathologizing, simple past and past participle pathologized)

  1. (transitive) To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.
    • Near-synonym: medicalize
    Synonyms:
    medicalize

Questions about pathologizes

What is pathologizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pathologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pathologize.

Words near pathologizes in the dictionary

  1. pathologists
  2. pathologization
  3. pathologizations
  4. pathologize
  5. pathologized
  6. pathologizes
  7. pathologizing
  8. pathology
  9. pathomania
  10. pathomechanical
  11. pathomechanically

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