Word Study
hospitalize
CIDE DICTIONARY
hospitalize, v. t.
- To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. [1913 Webster]
- To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, observation, or for rest. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hospitalize, v.tr. (also -ise) send or admit (a patient) to hospital.
Derivative
hospitalization n.
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