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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Covid-19 vaccines roughly halved the chances that a US adult would need to visit the emergency room or be hospitalized with their infections last fall and winter, according to two sources familiar with the findings of a new study.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Over the past week, 16 Arkansans have been hospitalized with the flu, bringing the seasonal count to 1,879.
—Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2026
The man remains hospitalized and in critical condition, according to prosecutors.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The woman, Dana Marie James, was struck by a car and hospitalized for 35 days; the city settled her lawsuit for $3 million.
—The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Over the past week, 16 Arkansans have been hospitalized with the flu, bringing the seasonal count to 1,879.
—Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2026
The man remains hospitalized and in critical condition, according to prosecutors.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The woman, Dana Marie James, was struck by a car and hospitalized for 35 days; the city settled her lawsuit for $3 million.
—The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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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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