medicalize Syllabification: (med·i·cal·ize)Pronunciation: /ˈmedikəˌlīz/Definition of medicalize verb [with object] view (something) in medical terms; treat as a medical problem, especially unwarrantedly:doctors tend to medicalize manifestations of distress, prescribing drugs such as sleeping tabletsDerivatives medicalizationPronunciation: /ˌmedikələˈzāSHən/ noun Origin: 1970s: from medical + -izemedicalize in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of medicalize in the British & World English dictionary
