hospitalize
verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tə-ˌlīz 
hospitalized; hospitalizing
: to place in a hospital as a patient
Examples of hospitalize in a Sentence
The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
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Although the virus typically doesn’t cause severe illness in healthy adults and children, some people with RSV — especially older adults and very young infants — can become very sick and may need to be hospitalized, the agency said.
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
Two additional individuals were hospitalized with unspecified injuries as of Wednesday.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Robert’s son Greg Laemmle, who took over as Laemmle Theatres president in 2004, told the Los Angeles Times his father was hospitalized after suffering a fall at his Santa Monica home on Dec. 23.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
The victim was a 65-year-old Louisiana resident who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms and had underlying medical problems, according to an Associated Press report.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
Two additional individuals were hospitalized with unspecified injuries as of Wednesday.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Robert’s son Greg Laemmle, who took over as Laemmle Theatres president in 2004, told the Los Angeles Times his father was hospitalized after suffering a fall at his Santa Monica home on Dec. 23.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
The victim was a 65-year-old Louisiana resident who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms and had underlying medical problems, according to an Associated Press report.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 21 Jan. 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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