medicalizev.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻkl̩ʌɪz/,

/ˈmɛdᵻkəlʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəkəˌlaɪz/

Forms: 1900s– medicalise, 1900s– medicalize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: medical adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < medical adj. + -ize suffix. Compare slightly earlier medicalized adj. and medicalization n. Compare French médicaliser (1969).

transitive. To give a medical character to; to involve medicine or medical workers in; to view or interpret in (esp. unnecessarily) medical terms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [verb (intransitive)] > medicalize

medicalize1975

1975 I. Illich Med. Nemesis ii. 47 The public acceptance of iatrogenic labelling multiplies patients faster than either doctors or drugs can medicalize them.

1979 Daily Mail 27 Jan. 7/7 The drug industry, the Government, the chemist, the taxpayer and the doctor all have vested interests in ‘medicalising’ problems that should not really belong in the sphere of medicine at all.

1984 Observer 2 Sept. 16/3 Changing an individual's personality is not the business of psychological medicine. But not only is it wrong to medicalise the issue. It is also wrong to make demands for a group tiny in size.

1991 G. Greer Change 3 This is one book that seeks neither to trivialize nor to medicalize the menopause.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medicalize
释义	medicalizev. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻkl̩ʌɪz/, /ˈmɛdᵻkəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəkəˌlaɪz/ Forms: 1900s– medicalise, 1900s– medicalize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: medical adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < medical adj. + -ize suffix. Compare slightly earlier medicalized adj. and medicalization n. Compare French médicaliser (1969). transitive. To give a medical character to; to involve medicine or medical workers in; to view or interpret in (esp. unnecessarily) medical terms. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [verb (intransitive)] > medicalize medicalize1975 1975 I. Illich Med. Nemesis ii. 47 The public acceptance of iatrogenic labelling multiplies patients faster than either doctors or drugs can medicalize them. 1979 Daily Mail 27 Jan. 7/7 The drug industry, the Government, the chemist, the taxpayer and the doctor all have vested interests in ‘medicalising’ problems that should not really belong in the sphere of medicine at all. 1984 Observer 2 Sept. 16/3 Changing an individual's personality is not the business of psychological medicine. But not only is it wrong to medicalise the issue. It is also wrong to make demands for a group tiny in size. 1991 G. Greer Change 3 This is one book that seeks neither to trivialize nor to medicalize the menopause. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1975
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