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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The driver, Abby Pearson, and her husband, who was a passenger in the back seat, were both hospitalized.
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Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
The filmmaker was hospitalized the day after production wrapped.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 May 2024
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Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
The filmmaker was hospitalized the day after production wrapped.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for hospitalize
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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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