pathologization

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Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der.
Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos
Proto-Hellenic *lógos
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logie
French pathologiebor.
English pathology
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English pathologize
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English pathologization

    From pathologize + -ation.

    Noun

    pathologization (countable and uncountable, plural pathologizations)

    1. (medicine) The treatment of a health or behaviour condition as if it were a medical condition.
      Hypernym: medicalization
      Hyponym: disease mongering
      Near-synonym: overmedicalization

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