medicalize
/ˈmɛdɪkəlaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English medicalize From medical + -ize.