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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One person was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, Medic reported on X, the former Twitter.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
In 2022, a false alarm gun scare at the festival led to crowd panic that left three attendees hospitalized with minor injuries.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
In 2022, a false alarm gun scare at the festival led to crowd panic that left three attendees hospitalized with minor injuries.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 May 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—Journal of the American Medical Association
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