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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Martin, who was 27 at the time, was arrested while hospitalized with gunshot wounds and later charged.
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 10 June 2024
Four people were shot and hospitalized after a man fired a barrage of bullets during an argument near uptown Charlotte early Saturday, police said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2024
The dead-eyed, bedridden Sam is a far cry from the easygoing young woman who interviews for an au pair job with a Toronto police officer, Cameron (Jason Jones), to care for his 12-year-old daughter Brooke while her mother is hospitalized with a terminal illness.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Nearly 100 went to jail, 33 were hospitalized, and dozens more received care at a local barbershop.
—John M. Giggie / Made By History, TIME, 7 June 2024
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 10 June 2024
Four people were shot and hospitalized after a man fired a barrage of bullets during an argument near uptown Charlotte early Saturday, police said.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2024
The dead-eyed, bedridden Sam is a far cry from the easygoing young woman who interviews for an au pair job with a Toronto police officer, Cameron (Jason Jones), to care for his 12-year-old daughter Brooke while her mother is hospitalized with a terminal illness.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Nearly 100 went to jail, 33 were hospitalized, and dozens more received care at a local barbershop.
—John M. Giggie / Made By History, TIME, 7 June 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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