HOSPITALIZE

hospitalize, hospitalise

(verb) admit into a hospital; “Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

hospitalize (third-person singular simple present hospitalizes, present participle hospitalizing, simple past and past participle hospitalized)

To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.

(medicine, archaic) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.

(of an injury, illness, event, or person) To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.

Said of an injury or illness.

Said of an assailant or other person.

Source: Wiktionary


Hos"pi*tal*ize, v. t. (Med.)

Definition: To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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