hospitalization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.

/ˌhɒs.pɪ.tə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hospitalization.wav /ˌhɑ(ː)s.pɪ.tə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ /-aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

hospitalization hospitalizations hospitalisation

From hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization.

inpatient

dehospitalization hallway hospitalization posthospitalization prehospitalization rehospitalization

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