stabilization

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 5.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process of stabilizing.
2. noun The result of being stabilized.
3. noun A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.

Similar words

stabilisation stabilise stabilizer stabiliser stability steady fixing confirmation equalization disengagement

Often followed by

of and policy in program is policies fund by

Word family

stabilisation stabilise stabilised stabilises stabilising stability stabilize stabilized stabilizes stabilizing