surmédicalisation
French, noun\syʁ.me.di.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\
surmédicalisation is spelled S-U-R-M-É-D-I-C-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (17 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surmédicalisation is a French feminine noun meaning “overmedicalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prescription et consommation excessives de médicaments ou de soins médicaux”.
What does surmédicalisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineovermedicalization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prescription et consommation excessives de médicaments ou de soins médicaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of surmédicalisation
- surmédicalisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surmédicalisation?
- \syʁ.me.di.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surmédicalisation in French?
surmédicalisation appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).