[med-i-kuh-lahyz] 
| to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment. |
| med·i·ca·lize (měd'ĭ-kə-līz') tr.v. med·i·ca·lized, med·i·ca·liz·ing, med·i·ca·liz·es To identify or categorize (a condition or behavior) as being a disorder requiring medical treatment or intervention: "Increasingly, [attention deficit disorder] has become a catch-all diagnosis that medicalizes troublesome behavior in kids" (Judy Foreman). med'i·ca·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n. |
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