Word: medicalised
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: me
di
calised
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of medicalise; 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: -ise
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -izāre
Language: la
Decoded: -izare
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives.
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.