Word: medicalisations
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
di
ca
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sa
tions
Definition: Plural of medicalisation; the process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions, and thus become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment
Morphemes:
Affix: medical
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Requiring medical treatment; the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis
Etymology Compounds: Affix: medeor
Language: la
Decoded: medeor
Meaning: heal, cure
Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to
Affix: -isation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Alternative form of -ization. A suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing something, or of making something.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).