depathologize
English
editEtymology
editde- + pathologize
Verb
editdepathologize (third-person singular simple present depathologizes, present participle depathologizing, simple past and past participle depathologized)
- (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.