hospitalization
English
Alternative forms
- hospitalisation
Etymology
hospital + -ization or hospitalize + -ation
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
hospitalization (countable and uncountable, plural hospitalizations)
- The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
- Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.
Derived terms
- hallway hospitalization
- posthospitalization
- prehospitalization
- rehospitalization
Translations
hospitalizing of a patient
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insurance
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See also
- inpatient