notify

no·ti·fy

vt \ˈnōt-ə-ˌfī\

no·ti·fiedno·ti·fy·ing

Definition of NOTIFY

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>