Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
pa·thol·o·gize Variant:
or chiefly Brit pa·thol·o·gise /-"jIz/ Function:
vt Inflected Forms:
-gized or chiefly Brit -gised -giz·ing or chiefly Brit -gis·ing : to view or characterize as medically or psychologicallyabnormal
pathologized —Joyce C. Mills> <pathologizing childhood behavior —Ruth Shalit> —pa·thol·o·gi·za·tion or chiefly Brit pa·thol·o·gi·sa·tion /p&-"thäl-&-j&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
