🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:

medicalize

verb

med·​i·​cal·​ize ˈme-di-kə-ˌlīz How to pronounce medicalize (audio)
medicalized; medicalizing

transitive verb

: to view or treat as a medical concern, problem, or disorder
those who seek to dispose of social problems by medicalizing them Liam Hudson
medicalization noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In the late 19th century, when a wave of immigrants came to the U.S. from Southern and Eastern Europe, there was a parallel effort to medicalize and demonize excessive body hair, Herzig said. NBC News, 4 Mar. 2021 Despite the problems with greater access to marijuana, a strong pro-marijuana movement has seized the opportunity to medicalize its mission and thus change public perception of the drug. Nicholas Chadi, STAT, 12 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of medicalize was in 1970

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime