What does "hospitalization" mean?

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

How do you pronounce "hospitalization"?

Pronounced //ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃn//.

Common synonyms include: admission, admission rate, cure, hospital admission, hospital care, hospital stay.

/ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/ noun

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Noun

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

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

From hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization.