to hospitalize
- verb
- /ˈhɑːspɪtəˌlaɪz/
- US
- My wife, Carol, was unexpectedly hospitalized in Sydney, Australia while on a cruise in February 2008.
- to hospitalize patients
- to hospitalize children
- hospitalized for infection
She has just come from being hospitalized.
- She has just come from being hospitalized.
- That's when he suffered a series of strokes and then was hospitalized.
- They are including children hospitalized with COVID instead of just children hospitalized because of COVID.
- For me, the anxiety, I would be hospitalized.
- Some would actually go through a kind of breakdown where they would be hospitalized and then leave the group.
- And this is where it gets really weird is within a week, he gets hospitalized with system immune failure.
- So if you, if you've been exposed a lot, then you're, you're more likely to be hospitalized and die from it when you get it.
- And by untreatable, I mean these are typically cases of people who have been hospitalized, often they have attempted suicide or or other forms of self harm.
- Yeah, getting hospitalized from hot Cheetos, fucking drooling all over yourself while making a video with your girlfriend.
Examples
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Then he should be hospitalized.
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She was briefly hospitalized for emotional issues.
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You know, I read recently that you were hospitalized.
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And in the weeks leading up to her death... ...when she was clearly in need of medical treatment... ...he failed to have her hospitalized.
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Maybe you've recently been hospitalized, but are now okay.
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I was hospitalized for a week and I couldn't walk for three more.
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The patient was then transported by ambulance to the ED and briefly hospitalized for four days.
Academic text (2017) -
The son was knocked unconscious and hospitalized with a split lip and several teeth knocked out.
Academic text (2013) -
Professor Wangari Maathai, who was fasting with the Mamas, was hospitalized following the brutal incident.
Academic text (1994) -
At least seven of the patients were hospitalized, and two have since been released.
Synonyms
To send someone to a hospital for treatment because of illness or injury
Antonyms
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hospitalize comes from the word hospital, which itself comes from an old Latin word hospes meaning 'guest'. A hospital was originally a place for guests or people in need, so to hospitalize someone is to make them a 'guest' at a hospital to receive medical care.