medicalize
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 24
- Words With Friends
- 27
- Letters
- 10
/ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/
Definition of medicalize
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
“The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education […]”
“Early in this century American obstetrics became committed to a path that has led to a highly medicalized approach to the care of women during pregnancy […]”
“[…] sexual problems would have to be repackaged and medicalized.”
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Etymology
From medical + -ize.
Words you can make from medicalize
200+ playable · top: DECIMALIZE (24 pts)
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43 words- MAZED 17 pts
- MAIZE 16 pts
- AZIDE 15 pts
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- MEDIC 10 pts
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4-letter words
74 words- MAZE 15 pts
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42 words- ADZ 13 pts
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2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
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