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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Two people were hospitalized after a motor scooter crashed into a bicycle on Thursday night in Bridgeport.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
More than a year after he was hospitalized, Jamie Foxx is sharing details about his health scare.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024
Two people are dead and another was hospitalized after a car police began pursuing in Maryland came to a fiery crash nearly 30 miles away in a residential area of Southeast Washington, authorities said.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
By the evening of July 1, five passengers were still hospitalized and four of them were in the intensive care unit.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 July 2024
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
More than a year after he was hospitalized, Jamie Foxx is sharing details about his health scare.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024
Two people are dead and another was hospitalized after a car police began pursuing in Maryland came to a fiery crash nearly 30 miles away in a residential area of Southeast Washington, authorities said.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
By the evening of July 1, five passengers were still hospitalized and four of them were in the intensive care unit.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 July 2024
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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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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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