hospitalization

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Etymology

From hospital +‎ -ization or hospitalize +‎ -ation.

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Noun

hospitalization (countable and uncountable, plural hospitalizations)

  1. The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
  2. Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.

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