deinstitutionalization

n. the joint process of moving people with developmental or psychiatric disabilities from structured institutional facilities to their home communities and developing comprehensive community-based residential, day, vocational, clinical, and supportive services to address their needs. See community care. —deinstitutionalize vb.

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May 8th 2024

glossosynthesis

n. the creation of nonsense words.