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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Boar's Head Provisions will no longer make liverwurst and is closing the Virginia facility at the center of a listeria outbreak that killed nine people and hospitalized at least 57 in 18 states, the producer of deli meats announced on Friday.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
The teenager is hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
At least 57 have been hospitalized as a result of the outbreak across 18 states, including nine deaths as of Aug. 28, according to the CDC investigation.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
The second woman, Mary Klein, was hospitalized with significant injuries, including multiple fractures to her jaw, but survived.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2024
The teenager is hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
At least 57 have been hospitalized as a result of the outbreak across 18 states, including nine deaths as of Aug. 28, according to the CDC investigation.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
The second woman, Mary Klein, was hospitalized with significant injuries, including multiple fractures to her jaw, but survived.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
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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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