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To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med-der. Proto-Italic *medēōrder. Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? 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 *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English medicalize From medical + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
lääketieteellistää
— to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize
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German:
medikalisieren
— to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize
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Hungarian:
medikalizál
— to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize
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Polish:
czynić medycznym
— to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize