hospitalize
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hospitalize
- /ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz/
Where it comes from
From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize.
verb hospitalizes · hospitalizing · hospitalized · hospitalise
- To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
- To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
- Said of an injury or illness. Shortly after World War I started, a painful arthritis in his knees hospitalized him.
- Said of an assailant or other person. For example, just this month in Los Angeles a Jewish school principal was beaten and hospitalized by angry Hispanics who were upset because the mostly-Latino school their kids went to didn't also have a Hispanic principal.
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verb to send to a hospital
| Español | hospitalizar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 입원시키다 ibwonsikida |
| 日本語 | 入院させる nyūin saseru |
| 中文 | 使住院 shǐ zhùyuàn |
| Kiswahili | laza |
| Português | hospitalizar |
| Français | hospitaliser |
| Deutsch | ins Krankenhaus bringen/einweisen, hospitalisieren |
| Italiano | ospedalizzare |
| Русский | госпитализи́ровать gospitalizírovatʹ, помеща́ть в больни́цу pomeščátʹ v bolʹnícu, помести́ть в больни́цу pomestítʹ v bolʹnícu |
| Tiếng Việt | đưa vào bệnh viện, đưa vào nhà thương, nhập viện |
| עברית | אִשְׁפֵּז ishpéz |
Talk about this word "hospitalize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hospitalize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hospitalize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hospitalize "hospitalize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hospitalize.Cite this
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title = {hospitalize},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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