hospitalization

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌhɑspɪtələˈzeɪʃən/ UK /ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the act of admitting or the period of staying in a hospital for treatment

His hospitalization lasted three weeks after the operation.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of admitting or the... admission confinement treatmentinstitutionalization

Opposites

discharge release

Word family

Related forms hospitalize hospital hospitality

Etymology

From hospitalize + -ation; hospital derives via Old French ospital from Medieval Latin hospitale ('guest-house'), from Latin hospes ('guest, host').

hospitale la-lat hospes Latin

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# hospitalization

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌhɑspɪtələˈzeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of admitting or the period of staying in a hospital for treatment

## Examples
- His hospitalization lasted three weeks after the operation.

## Synonyms
- admission
- confinement
- treatment
- institutionalization

## Antonyms
- discharge
- release

## Related Forms
- hospitalize
- hospital
- hospitality

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hospitale
- Root: hospes

## Etymology
From hospitalize + -ation; hospital derives via Old French ospital from Medieval Latin hospitale ('guest-house'), from Latin hospes ('guest, host').

## AI Etymology
hospitalization comes from hospitalize + -ation; hospital derives via Old French ospital from Medieval Latin hospitale ('guest-house'), from Latin hospes ('guest, host'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "the act of admitting or the period of staying in a hospital for treatment", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hospitalize, hospital, and hospitality. Its semantic neighborhood includes admission, confinement, treatment, and institutionalization, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Medieval Latin hospitale and Latin hospes.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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