Meanings
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1
verb
To take someone into a hospital for treatment.
I had to be hospitalized because my blood pressure was too high.
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2
verb
To injure or make someone ill enough to need hospital care.
The crash hospitalized three of the passengers.
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Word family
Forms
hospitalizedhospitalizeshospitalizing
Etymology
From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize.