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deinstitutionalize

 
Dictionary: de·in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize   (dē-ĭn'stĭ-tū'shə-nə-līz', -tyū'-) pronunciation
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tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
  1. To remove the status of an institution from.
  2. To release (a mental health patient, for example) from an institution for placement and care in the community.
deinstitutionalization de·in'sti·tu'tion·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

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(dē-ĭn'stĭ-tū'shə-nə-lĭ-zā'shən, -tyū'-)
n.

The release of institutionalized people, especially mental health patients, from an institution for placement and care in the community.

de·in'sti·tu'tion·al·ize' v.
 
 

 

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