Definition

1. 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

1. admit into a hospital
   • Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high