hospitalize
/'hɔspitəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (hospitalise) /'hɔspitəlaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To admit or place someone into a hospital for medical care, treatment, or observation. This action is typically performed by a medical professional due to an illness, injury, or serious medical condition.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- The doctor decided to hospitalize the patient after the severe accident.
- Patients with acute infections may need to be hospitalized for intravenous antibiotics.
- She was hospitalized overnight for monitoring following the minor surgery.
Advanced Usage
- "to be hospitalized for": This phrase specifies the reason for admission.
- He was hospitalized for pneumonia.
- "to be hospitalized with": This phrase often specifies the diagnosed condition.
- Several people were hospitalized with food poisoning.
Variants and Related Words
- Hospitalization (n): The act or process of being admitted to a hospital, or the period of time spent there.
- Her hospitalization lasted two weeks.
- Hospital (n): The institution where a person is hospitalized.
- Rehospitalize (v): To hospitalize someone again, often for a related condition.
- Unfortunately, the patient had to be rehospitalized a month later.
Synonyms
- Admit (to a hospital): The formal act of accepting someone into a hospital for care.
- Confine (to a hospital): An older or more formal term with a similar meaning.
Antonyms
- Discharge (from a hospital): To release a patient from a hospital.
- Treat as an outpatient: To provide medical care without admitting the patient to the hospital.
Notes on Usage
- The verb "hospitalize" is most commonly used in the passive voice (e.g., "was hospitalized," "will be hospitalized") because the focus is on the patient's experience rather than the doctor's action.
- It is a transitive verb and requires an object (the patient).
Verb
- admit into a hospital
- Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high