Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overmedicalization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-med-i-cal-iza-tion
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive medicalization.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: disease mongering, pathologization"
"The difficult choice of "not doing": Comment on "Quaternary prevention, an answer of family doctors to overmedicalization"."

Etymology

From over- + medicalization.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

overdiagnosis underdiagnosis

Synonyms

disease mongering pathologization

Questions

What does overmedicalization mean?: Excessive medicalization.
Where does overmedicalization come from?: From over- + medicalization.

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