Word: medicalized
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: me
di
ca
lized
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of medicalize. To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine.
Morphemes:
Affix: medical
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: medeor
Language: la
Decoded: medeor
Meaning: heal, cure
Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: of or pertaining to; connected with; -ic, -ish
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.