hospitalize
to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
Origin of hospitalize
1- Also especially British, hos·pi·tal·ise .
Other words from hospitalize
- re·hos·pi·tal·ize, verb (used with object), re·hos·pi·tal·ized, re·hos·pi·tal·iz·ing.
- un·hos·pi·tal·ized, adjective
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How to use hospitalize in a sentence
Older victims of norovirus infection—the Queen will turn 87 next month—are most often hospitalised to combat dehydration.
Older victims of norovirus infection – the Queen is 86 - are most often hospitalised to combat dehydration.
The news comes after the her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was hospitalised twice with a bladder infection last year.
British Dictionary definitions for hospitalize
hospitalise
/ (ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to admit or send (a person) into a hospital
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