certification

certification
1. Acknowledgment by a medical specialty board of successful completion of requirements for recognition as a specialist. 2. The court procedure by which a patient is committed to a mental institution. 3. Involuntary mental hospitalization.

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cer·ti·fi·ca·tion .sərt-ə-fə-'kā-shən n the act of certifying: the state of being certified <psychiatrists with subspecialty board \certification in geriatrics (Gary Kennedy)>

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