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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