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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The hospital purchased a new medicator to improve patient care.

Medic is an ancient language of the Medes, reconstructed from fragmentary inscriptions.