HOSPITALIZATION

hospitalization, hospitalisation, hospital care

(noun) placing in medical care in a hospital

hospitalization

(noun) the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; “he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization”

hospitalization

(noun) a period of time when you are confined to a hospital; “now they try to shorten the patient’s hospitalization”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hospitalization (countable and uncountable, plural hospitalizations)

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.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 June 2025

ADMIRABLE

(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”


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