hospitalize

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hos⋅pi⋅tal⋅ize

[hos-pi-tl-ahyz]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.

to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.

Also, especially British, hos⋅pi⋅tal⋅ise.

Origin:
1900–05; hospital + -ize

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hos·pi·tal·ize (hŏs'pĭt-l-īz')

tr.v. hos·pi·tal·ized, hos·pi·tal·iz·ing, hos·pi·tal·iz·es
To place in a hospital for treatment, care, or observation.

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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>

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