depathologize

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ pathologize.

Verb

depathologize (third-person singular simple present depathologizes, present participle depathologizing, simple past and past participle depathologized)

1. (transitive) To cease to treat as a medical disorder.
   • 2006, Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights, page 172:

     […] by the 1970s, members of Tri-Ess were engineering newspaper articles and appearances on television to popularize and depathologize cross-dressing and help isolated heterosexual cross-dressers and their wives obtain support.

Antonyms

• pathologize

Related terms

• depathologization