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deinstitutionalize definition

de·in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize (dē′in stə to̵̅o̅′s̸hən ə līz′, -tyo̵̅o̅′-)

transitive verb deinstitutionalized -·ized′, deinstitutionalizing -·iz′·ing

to discharge (a patient) as from a mental institution

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