hospitalize
verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tə-ˌlīz 
hospitalized; hospitalizing
: to place in a hospital as a patient
Examples of hospitalize in a Sentence
The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
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Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Since the outbreak of measles began to spread earlier this year in Texas, at least 56 people have been hospitalized with complications from the virus.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2025
She was hospitalized in the ICU, according to a GoFundMe.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025
Bingaman added that he had been told that Michael Bell, who owns the Richardson Mortuary, was hospitalized in February, which might have bearing on the situation.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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hospitalize
verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
ˈhäs-ˌpit-ᵊl-ˌīz
hospitalized; hospitalizing
: to place in a hospital as a patient
Medical Definition
hospitalize
transitive verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
variants
or chiefly British hospitalise
hospitalized or chiefly British hospitalised; hospitalizing or chiefly British hospitalising
: to place in a hospital as a patient
the child was hospitalized at once for diagnosis and treatment—The Journal of the American Medical Association
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