hospitalization
pronunciation
How to pronounce hospitalization in British English:
UK [ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪ'zeɪʃn]
How to pronounce hospitalization in American English:
US [ˌhɑspɪtlɪˈzeʃən]
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- Noun:
- a period of time when you are confined to a hospital
- the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
- insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
- placing in medical care in a hospital
Word Origin
- hospitalization (n.)
- 1873, noun of action from hospitalize.
Example
- 1. Some even require hospitalization or wind up with kidney failure .
- 2. Many people infected with the virus haven 't required hospitalization .
- 3. The risk of hospitalization or emergency department visit declined as adherence improved , according to the investigators .
- 4. All patients included in the analysis were diagnosed with depression and were taking an antidepressant at the time due to a suicide-related hospitalization .
- 5. The more traditional surgery requires a 5 - to 6-inch incision through the abdominal wall and generally is followed by two or three days of hospitalization .