disease mongering
The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the…The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the markets for treatments.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, uncountable)The practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses in order to expand the markets for treatments.
Near-synonyms: overmedicalization, pathologization
Synonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable