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Disease mongering
Noun
Definitions
1.
Noun
The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the markets for treatments.
Synonyms
overdiagnosis
pseudodiagnosis
pathologization
hyperaggregation
pathologisation
diagnostic overshadowing
polypathology
malproliferation
malignization
overmedicalisation
macroplasia
overmedicalization
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