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medicalize
- IPA[ˈmɛdɪkəlʌɪz]
英式
- treat (something) as a medical problem, especially without justification
verb: medicalize, 3rd person present: medicalizes, gerund or present participle: medicalizing, past tense: medicalized, past participle: medicalized
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. treat (something) as a medical problem, especially without justification doctors tend to medicalize manifestations of distress, prescribing drugs such as sleeping tablets
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- IPA[ˈmedəkəˌlīz]
美式
- view (something) in medical terms; treat as a medical problem, especially unwarrantedly: doctors tend to medicalize manifestations of distress, prescribing drugs such as sleeping tablets
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