hospitalize

[ hos-pi-tl-ahyz ]

/ ˈhɒs pɪ tlˌaɪz /

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verb (used with object), hos·pi·tal·ized, hos·pi·tal·iz·ing.

to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.

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Also especially British, hos·pi·tal·ise .

Origin of hospitalize

First recorded in 1900–05; hospital + -ize

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

The first randomized clinical trial later found that hydroxychloroquine was no more effective than a placebo at treating covid-19 in patients who were not hospitalized.
Senate holds hearing on hydroxychloroquine, despite no evidence it works against covid-19|Marisa Iati|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
It’s worth noting that none of the head coaches who have tested positive has been hospitalized and several are back working with their teams in person.
College football has been battered by covid. What’s most startling is our acceptance.|Barry Svrluga|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Across the country, nearly 81,000 people are hospitalized with the virus, and Thursday was the ninth consecutive day that hospitals reported a record high number of admissions, The Washington Post reported.
As her partner struggles with covid-19, a quarantined Rachel Maddow pleads: ‘Don’t get this thing’|Katie Shepherd|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
The driver and two other passengers were hospitalized with nonlife threatening injuries.
Police identify victims killed in separate crashes|Clarence Williams|November 19, 2020|Washington Post

One of the first times he put it on came after his father ended up hospitalized in Seattle.
A 28-year-old ‘nerd’ in Baltimore invented a new type of mask, and tapped into the strangeness of this 2020 holiday season|Theresa Vargas|November 18, 2020|Washington Post
I think it's good that it doesn't look like there was any serious adverse event, I mean, nobody was hospitalized.
Uh Oh: Ebola Vaccine Trials Stop|Leigh Cowart|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brown began dating aspiring model Tran in 2011, two years after he assaulted and hospitalized Rihanna.
The Chris Brown vs. Drake Feud Continues: Brown Claims Ex GF Karrueche Tran Cheated with Drizzy|Marlow Stern|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of the shooting victims has already been sent home, while the other two are still currently hospitalized.
What We Know About the FSU Shooter|Caitlin Dickson|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I was hospitalized for two or three days waiting for the swelling to disappear,” he recalled.
How His West Point Football Experience Inspired Eisenhower|Nicolaus Mills|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After the game he was hospitalized with what he thought was a minor injury.
How His West Point Football Experience Inspired Eisenhower|Nicolaus Mills|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Did she say anything about the period when Lee was hospitalized in Russia?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
They were hospitalized and their car was in a garage being fixed.
The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy Benson
Your supporters are hospitalized by jackboot thugs for sticking up for you.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
Probably the most difficult experience if you are hospitalized for a psychiatric condition is leaving, not entering, the hospital.
When You Don't Know Where to Turn|Steven J. Bartlett
Nahuspital kug lima ka adlaw, I was hospitalized for five days.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for hospitalize

hospitalize

hospitalise

/ (ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to admit or send (a person) into a hospital

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British Dictionary definitions for hospitalize

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