hos‧pi‧tal‧ize (
also hospitalise British English) /ˈhɒspɪtl-aɪz $ ˈhɑː-/
verb [transitive usually passive] if someone is hospitalized, they are taken into a hospital for treatment
—hospitalization /ˌhɒspɪtl-aɪˈzeɪʃ
ən $ ˌhɑːspɪtl-əˈzeɪ-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲