Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
med·i·cal·ize Variant:
or Brit med·i·cal·ise /'med-&-k&-"lIz/ Function:
transitiveverb Inflected Forms:
-ized or Brit -ised;
-iz·ing or Brit -is·ing : to view or treat as a medical concern, problem, ordisorder
medicalizing them —Liam Hudson> medicalized birth … in order to reduce potential risk—Judith Fitzpatrick> medicalized —Paul Robinson> —med·i·cal·iza·tion or Brit med·i·cal·isa·tion /"med-&-k&-l&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
[med-i-kuh-lahyz] 
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