medicalize

/mˈɛdɪkəlˌaɪz/

to medicalize

MAIN VERB

to classify or interpret a non-medical condition, behavior, or aspect of life in terms of medical concepts or frameworks, often resulting in medical intervention or treatment

Examples

1. The language of an epidemic medicalizes it.

2. We medicalize emotions.

3. Because we ourselves have so medicalized everything that I'm seeing for this patient--

4. So we have medicalized the concept that if you wake up a time or two during the night that you need a drug.