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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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Sidelined and hospitalized from illness, Caden Pinnick did not travel with the Aggies to Greeley to face Northern Colorado last weekend.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The chief of surgery where Zwerner was hospitalized testified Tuesday her injuries were life-threatening.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The Parent Trap star was hospitalized with a rib injury during rehearsals ahead of Tuesday's new episode.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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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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