Word: overmedicalized
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: o
ver
me
di
ca
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Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of overmedicalize. To medicalize too much.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
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: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.