The veterinarian confirmed that the wound was medicable and prescribed an antibiotic ointment.

Before joining the service, the recruits had to complete their medicals and paperwork.

Public health researchers debate whether certain social problems are genuine illnesses or merely examples of medicalizations driven by pharmaceutical marketing.

The medicalization of normal aging has changed how society views growing older.

The doctor prescribed a new medicant to relieve her chronic pain.

Some sociologists warn that medicalizing everyday sadness can turn normal emotions into disorders.

Some critics worry that schools may medicalize normal childhood behaviors by treating them as disorders.

The community medicalized the normal experience of grief, which changed how people sought support.

This trend medicalizes normal variations in mood and can lead to unnecessary treatments.

The hospital purchased a new medicator to improve patient care.