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hospitalize
[ hos-pi-tl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to place in a hospital for medical care or observation:
The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
hospitalize
/ ˈɒɪəˌɪ /
verb
- tr to admit or send (a person) into a hospital
Other Word Forms
- ·Dzp·ٲ· verb (used with object) rehospitalized rehospitalizing
- ܲ·Dzp·ٲ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hospitalize1
Example Sentences
The police video, spliced together from officers’ body-worn cameras and surveillance footage, showed confusion in the moments leading up to the incident, which left Lauren, 51, hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
Nationally, 85 measles patients this year have had to be hospitalized.
By their calculations, in that time frame, more than 170,000 people will be hospitalized, and nearly 900 will experience debilitating and potentially deadly neurological complications.
The “Pose” actor and “Drag Race Philippines” judge was hospitalized for a “severe” infection and lost “most of her right leg,” a family statement said Thursday on her Instagram page.
Arenas has been hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, who first reported the crash.
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