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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Last week, Grace shared on Instagram that she’d been hospitalized after the accident.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Four students were arrested earlier that day for vandalism, and a 45-year-old attendee was hospitalized after being struck in the head with a glass object.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
The 15 babies that consumed that brand of formula were all hospitalized, but the agency said that no deaths had been reported at the time.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Then, just two weeks before the all-star Back to the Beginning show at Villa Park in the rocker’s hometown of Birmingham, England, Jack said Ozzy was hospitalized.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Four students were arrested earlier that day for vandalism, and a 45-year-old attendee was hospitalized after being struck in the head with a glass object.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
The 15 babies that consumed that brand of formula were all hospitalized, but the agency said that no deaths had been reported at the time.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Then, just two weeks before the all-star Back to the Beginning show at Villa Park in the rocker’s hometown of Birmingham, England, Jack said Ozzy was hospitalized.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 19 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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