hospitalization Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a period of time when you are confined to a hospital
    • now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization
  2. noun the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
    • he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization
  3. noun insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
    hospitalization insurance.
  4. noun placing in medical care in a hospital
    hospital care; hospitalisation.

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