Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
hos·pi·tal·ize Variant:
or chiefly British hos·pi·tal·ise /'häs-(")pit-&l-"Iz,häs-'pit-&l-"Iz/ Function:
transitive verb Inflected Forms:
-ized or chiefly British -ised;
-iz·ing or chieflyBritish -is·ing : to place in a hospital as a patient
hospitalized at once for diagnosis and treatment —Journal of the American MedicalAssociation>