Definition of medicalize in English:

medicalize

(British medicalise)

verb ˈmɛdɪk(ə)lʌɪzˈmɛdəkəˌlaɪz

[with object]

Treat (something) as a medical problem, especially without justification.
doctors tend to medicalize manifestations of distress, prescribing drugs such as sleeping tablets
Example sentencesExamples
- And what does it mean to medicalize human suffering?
- In the 1970s, and associated with the women's health movement, feminist sociologists began to study the way that motherhood was medicalized.
- His comments prompt questions about whether raising awareness of social anxiety disorder may in fact be medicalising shyness.
- While once children were called stupid, lazy, naughty or obstinate, now we have many syndromes and disorders - all still imperfectly understood - that medicalise their behaviour.
- ‘We have medicalized our white, Anglo-Saxon society to the point where it is ludicrous,’ he said.
- There are a lot of other factors to consider and we shouldn't medicalize all human behavior.
- They can be considered to be the most important effort to medicalise sexuality in the 20th century.
- I do worry about the fact that we medicalise everything.
- If we're self-medicating, who decided to medicalise these emotions in the first place?
- By medicalising their behavior we give medicine and the state the remit to involuntarily detain and medicate such people to prevent them from behaving in ways society finds intolerable.
- According to Illich, doctors had medicalized various aspects of life, including ageing, death, pain, patients' expectations, and healing and preventive therapies.
- Hence the tendency to medicalise it, treat it as a health problem.
- This is especially motivated by concerns within the psychiatric profession and the general public that mental disorders are being overdiagnosed, and ordinary human problems are being medicalized.
- This move to pathologize and medicalize every human emotion and behavior is succeeding if one believes IMS America, which tracks the pharmaceutical companies.
- We agree that illiteracy is not a disease that needs to be medicalized.
- The long tradition of representing illness as a punishment for sin was continued when sexual behaviour was medicalised and transformed into morbidity.
- This era of social reorganization and professionalization also brought the first widespread attempt to medicalize drunkenness.
- Their conceptualization of their own suffering and their response to the resulting trauma stood in sharp contrast to the Western propensity to medicalize human suffering.
- ‘There is a huge move towards diagnosing and medicalising these problems,’ she says.
- However well meaning our action may be, it medicalises the child's condition: the parents may well feel that their child must have a serious problem because he or she is ‘under’ a specialist.

Derivatives

medicalization

noun mɛdɪk(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

The medicalisation of modern society has already deskilled many other professions and led patients into an unhealthy dependence on medical care.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the 21st century, medicalisation has become mainstream, even desirable.
- Early diagnosis of the disease might unleash a process of premature medicalisation.
- Minerva wonders why it's called a disorder at all, and whether this is another example of the medicalisation of normal human behaviour.
- However, medicalisation of traumatic human suffering runs the risk of reducing it to a technical problem.

Definition of medicalize in US English:

medicalize

(British medicalise)

verbˈmɛdəkəˌlaɪzˈmedəkəˌlīz

[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 tablets
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘We have medicalized our white, Anglo-Saxon society to the point where it is ludicrous,’ he said.
- While once children were called stupid, lazy, naughty or obstinate, now we have many syndromes and disorders - all still imperfectly understood - that medicalise their behaviour.
- And what does it mean to medicalize human suffering?
- We agree that illiteracy is not a disease that needs to be medicalized.
- Hence the tendency to medicalise it, treat it as a health problem.
- In the 1970s, and associated with the women's health movement, feminist sociologists began to study the way that motherhood was medicalized.
- This is especially motivated by concerns within the psychiatric profession and the general public that mental disorders are being overdiagnosed, and ordinary human problems are being medicalized.
- By medicalising their behavior we give medicine and the state the remit to involuntarily detain and medicate such people to prevent them from behaving in ways society finds intolerable.
- According to Illich, doctors had medicalized various aspects of life, including ageing, death, pain, patients' expectations, and healing and preventive therapies.
- I do worry about the fact that we medicalise everything.
- They can be considered to be the most important effort to medicalise sexuality in the 20th century.
- However well meaning our action may be, it medicalises the child's condition: the parents may well feel that their child must have a serious problem because he or she is ‘under’ a specialist.
- There are a lot of other factors to consider and we shouldn't medicalize all human behavior.
- Their conceptualization of their own suffering and their response to the resulting trauma stood in sharp contrast to the Western propensity to medicalize human suffering.
- If we're self-medicating, who decided to medicalise these emotions in the first place?
- This move to pathologize and medicalize every human emotion and behavior is succeeding if one believes IMS America, which tracks the pharmaceutical companies.
- This era of social reorganization and professionalization also brought the first widespread attempt to medicalize drunkenness.
- The long tradition of representing illness as a punishment for sin was continued when sexual behaviour was medicalised and transformed into morbidity.
- His comments prompt questions about whether raising awareness of social anxiety disorder may in fact be medicalising shyness.
- ‘There is a huge move towards diagnosing and medicalising these problems,’ she says.

单词	medicalize
释义	Definition of medicalize in English: medicalize (British medicalise) verb ˈmɛdɪk(ə)lʌɪzˈmɛdəkəˌlaɪz [with object] Treat (something) as a medical problem, especially without justification. doctors tend to medicalize manifestations of distress, prescribing drugs such as sleeping tablets Example sentencesExamples And what does it mean to medicalize human suffering? In the 1970s, and associated with the women's health movement, feminist sociologists began to study the way that motherhood was medicalized. His comments prompt questions about whether raising awareness of social anxiety disorder may in fact be medicalising shyness. While once children were called stupid, lazy, naughty or obstinate, now we have many syndromes and disorders - all still imperfectly understood - that medicalise their behaviour. ‘We have medicalized our white, Anglo-Saxon society to the point where it is ludicrous,’ he said. There are a lot of other factors to consider and we shouldn't medicalize all human behavior. They can be considered to be the most important effort to medicalise sexuality in the 20th century. I do worry about the fact that we medicalise everything. If we're self-medicating, who decided to medicalise these emotions in the first place? By medicalising their behavior we give medicine and the state the remit to involuntarily detain and medicate such people to prevent them from behaving in ways society finds intolerable. According to Illich, doctors had medicalized various aspects of life, including ageing, death, pain, patients' expectations, and healing and preventive therapies. Hence the tendency to medicalise it, treat it as a health problem. This is especially motivated by concerns within the psychiatric profession and the general public that mental disorders are being overdiagnosed, and ordinary human problems are being medicalized. This move to pathologize and medicalize every human emotion and behavior is succeeding if one believes IMS America, which tracks the pharmaceutical companies. We agree that illiteracy is not a disease that needs to be medicalized. The long tradition of representing illness as a punishment for sin was continued when sexual behaviour was medicalised and transformed into morbidity. This era of social reorganization and professionalization also brought the first widespread attempt to medicalize drunkenness. Their conceptualization of their own suffering and their response to the resulting trauma stood in sharp contrast to the Western propensity to medicalize human suffering. ‘There is a huge move towards diagnosing and medicalising these problems,’ she says. However well meaning our action may be, it medicalises the child's condition: the parents may well feel that their child must have a serious problem because he or she is ‘under’ a specialist. Derivatives medicalization noun mɛdɪk(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n The medicalisation of modern society has already deskilled many other professions and led patients into an unhealthy dependence on medical care. Example sentencesExamples In the 21st century, medicalisation has become mainstream, even desirable. Early diagnosis of the disease might unleash a process of premature medicalisation. Minerva wonders why it's called a disorder at all, and whether this is another example of the medicalisation of normal human behaviour. However, medicalisation of traumatic human suffering runs the risk of reducing it to a technical problem. Definition of medicalize in US English: medicalize (British medicalise) verbˈmɛdəkəˌlaɪzˈmedəkəˌlīz [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 tablets Example sentencesExamples ‘We have medicalized our white, Anglo-Saxon society to the point where it is ludicrous,’ he said. While once children were called stupid, lazy, naughty or obstinate, now we have many syndromes and disorders - all still imperfectly understood - that medicalise their behaviour. And what does it mean to medicalize human suffering? We agree that illiteracy is not a disease that needs to be medicalized. Hence the tendency to medicalise it, treat it as a health problem. In the 1970s, and associated with the women's health movement, feminist sociologists began to study the way that motherhood was medicalized. This is especially motivated by concerns within the psychiatric profession and the general public that mental disorders are being overdiagnosed, and ordinary human problems are being medicalized. By medicalising their behavior we give medicine and the state the remit to involuntarily detain and medicate such people to prevent them from behaving in ways society finds intolerable. According to Illich, doctors had medicalized various aspects of life, including ageing, death, pain, patients' expectations, and healing and preventive therapies. I do worry about the fact that we medicalise everything. They can be considered to be the most important effort to medicalise sexuality in the 20th century. However well meaning our action may be, it medicalises the child's condition: the parents may well feel that their child must have a serious problem because he or she is ‘under’ a specialist. There are a lot of other factors to consider and we shouldn't medicalize all human behavior. Their conceptualization of their own suffering and their response to the resulting trauma stood in sharp contrast to the Western propensity to medicalize human suffering. If we're self-medicating, who decided to medicalise these emotions in the first place? This move to pathologize and medicalize every human emotion and behavior is succeeding if one believes IMS America, which tracks the pharmaceutical companies. This era of social reorganization and professionalization also brought the first widespread attempt to medicalize drunkenness. The long tradition of representing illness as a punishment for sin was continued when sexual behaviour was medicalised and transformed into morbidity. His comments prompt questions about whether raising awareness of social anxiety disorder may in fact be medicalising shyness. ‘There is a huge move towards diagnosing and medicalising these problems,’ she says.
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