Main Entry: no·ti·fy

Pronunciation: \ˈnōt-ə-ˌfī\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): no·ti·fied; no·ti·fy·ing

1 British : to report the occurrence of (a case of communicable disease) or the occurrence of communicable disease in (an individual) <all cases of disease should be notified by the treating consultant—Practitioner>
2 : to give formal notice to <the Broward County Public Health Unit…was notified of three children…hospitalized with encephalitis attributed to cat scratch disease—Journal of the American Medical Association>