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transinstitutionalize

transinstitutionalize verb: to transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail.

Verb

transinstitutionalize (third-person singular simple present transinstitutionalizes, present participle transinstitutionalizing, simple past and past participle transinstitutionalized)

  1. (transitive) To transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail.

Forms of transinstitutionalize

third-person singular presenttransinstitutionalizes
present participletransinstitutionalizing
past participletransinstitutionalized
pasttransinstitutionalized

Origin of transinstitutionalize

From trans- + institutionalize.

Questions about transinstitutionalize

What does transinstitutionalize mean?
Transinstitutionalize means to transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail.
What part of speech is transinstitutionalize?
Transinstitutionalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of transinstitutionalize?
The past tense of transinstitutionalize is transinstitutionalized.

Words near transinstitutionalize in the dictionary

  1. transinhibition
  2. transinhibitions
  3. transinhibits
  4. transinstitutional
  5. transinstitutionalization
  6. transinstitutionalize
  7. transinstitutionalized
  8. transinstitutionalizes
  9. transinstitutionalizing
  10. transinsular
  11. transinteraction

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