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Pathologize
To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.
📖 Definitions of "Pathologize"
verb
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To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.
"Some childhood behavior has been pathologized as attention-deficit disorder."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pathologize"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pathologiseverb | Alternative spelling of pathologize. [(transitive) To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.] |
| suffer fromverb | (transitive) To have a particular disease or condition. |
| lesionalizeverb | (medicine) To associate with lesions |
| chronifyverb | (pathology) To become chronic |
| overdiagnoseverb | (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs. |
| diagnosisnoun | (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness. |
| scleroseverb | To harden. |
| keloidnoun | (pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury. |
| cyanosenoun | (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis. |
| ankyloseverb | (intransitive, pathology) To suffer from ankylosis. |
| sphacelateverb | Affected with gangrene; gangrenous, necrotic. |
| hypercontractverb | (pathology) To contract excessively |
| gangrenenoun | The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply. |
| undertriagenoun | (medicine) An inaccurately low prehospital triage value assigned to a set of symptoms or an injury, assessing it as being less severe or traumatic than it truly is; the administrative or societal burden caused by such miscalibration, such as strokes or heart attacks not recognized and treated quickly enough. |
| overtriagenoun | (medicine) An inaccurately high prehospital triage value assigned to a set of symptoms or an injury, assessing it as being more severe or traumatic than it truly is; the administrative or societal burden caused by such miscalibration, such as wait times in emergency departments. |
| homosexualitynoun | The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males. |
| tendencynoun | A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward. |
| tendedverb | (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) |
| tendsverb | (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) |
| behaviornoun | (countable, uncountable) The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally. |
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