Medicine vs Medicalize - What's the difference?
medicine | medicalize |
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
A treatment or cure.
The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
(obsolete) black magic, superstition.
(obsolete) A philtre or love potion.
* 1597 , , II. ii. 18:
(obsolete) A physician.
* 1598 , , II. i. 72:
(rare, obsolete) To treat with medicine.
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To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine.
* 1996 , Dion Farquhar, The Other Machine: Discourse and Reproductive Technologies
* 1999 , Judith Rooks, Charles S Mahan, Midwifery and Childbirth
* 2004 , Leonore Tiefer, Sex is Not a Natural Act and Other Essays
As verbs the difference between medicine and medicalize
is that medicine is (rare|obsolete) to treat with medicine while medicalize is to make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine.As a noun medicine
is a substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.medicine
English
(wikipedia medicine)Alternative forms
* medicin (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- If the rascal have not given me medicines' to make me love him, I'll be hanged. It could not be else. I have drunk ' medicines .
- I have seen a medicine
- That's able to breathe life into a stone
Synonyms
* (treatment) regimen, course, program, prescription * (substance) drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, elixir * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* Ayurvedic medicine * clinical medicine * Edison's medicine * energy medicine * evidence-based medicine * folk medicine * forced medicine * indigenous medicine * medicinal * medicine ball * medicine dance * medicine man * medicine show * organized medicine * take one's medicine * taste of one's own medicine * traditional medicineVerb
(medicin)See also
* therapy * panaceaReferences
* Prescription Desk Reference,Prescription Drug Information:* * "
medicine" in the Merriam-Webster On-line dictionary * "
medicine" in the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia , Helicon Publishing LTD 2007. * * 1000 English basic words ----
medicalize
English
Alternative forms
* medicaliseVerb
(medicaliz)- The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education...
- Early in this century American obstetrics became committed to a path that has led to a highly medicalized approach to the care of women during pregnancy...
- ...sexual problems would have to be repackaged and medicalized .