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medicalize
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med·i·ca·lize  (md-k-lz)
tr.v. med·i·ca·lized, med·i·ca·liz·ing, med·i·ca·liz·es
To identify or categorize (a condition or behavior) as being a disorder requiring medical treatment or intervention: "Increasingly, [attention deficit disorder] has become a catch-all diagnosis that medicalizes troublesome behavior in kids" Judy Foreman.
medi·ca·li·zation (-l-zshn) n.
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