depathologization
nounEtymology From de- + pathologization.
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Medicine, Sciences The process of coming to regard a formerly medical condition as a health or behaviour condition.
- Some trans activists critique depathologization. For example, we may argue that having a diagnosis has allowed many trans people to access medical transition. From this perspective, depathologization may inhibit health care access.2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: