English Explanatory Dictionary

transinstitutionalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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

Word forms

transinstitutionalize transinstitutionalizes transinstitutionalizing transinstitutionalized

Etymology

From trans- + institutionalize.

Related words

transinstitutionalization

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