hospitalize
verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tə-ˌlīz 
hospitalized; hospitalizing
: to place in a hospital as a patient
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The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Of those cases, one person has been hospitalized and one person (not hospitalized) died.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
In Texas, 29 patients have been hospitalized, six more than previously reported.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Lawyers presented different explanations in opening arguments Monday for how the boy ended up hospitalized.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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hospitalize
verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
ˈhäs-ˌpit-ᵊl-ˌīz
hospitalized; hospitalizing
: to place in a hospital as a patient
Medical Definition
hospitalize
transitive verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
variants
or chiefly British hospitalise
hospitalized or chiefly British hospitalised; hospitalizing or chiefly British hospitalising
: to place in a hospital as a patient
the child was hospitalized at once for diagnosis and treatment—The Journal of the American Medical Association
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