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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   placing in medical care in a hospital wordnet
3. 3
   Insurance that pays a patient's expenses. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense wordnet
5. 5
   the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital wordnet

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6. 6
   a period of time when you are confined to a hospital wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

curehospital carehospitalisationhospitalization insurancehospitalization insurancemedication

Example

More examples

"Tom was beaten by his father to the point of needing hospitalization."

Etymology

From hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization.

Related phrases

hallway hospitalization

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