Meanings
nounhospitalization (countable and uncountable, plural hospitalizations)
plural hospitalizations · alternative hospitalisation
- countableuncountableThe hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
- countableuncountableInsurance that pays a patient's expenses.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouninsurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
Similar
hospitalization insurance
Broader
nounplacing in medical care in a hospital
Similar
hospitalisationhospital care
Broader
medical caremedical aid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hospitalisasie
- hospitalisasiehospitalizing of a patient
Bulgarian хоспитализа́ция
- хоспитализа́ция (hospitalizácija)hospitalizing of a patient
Catalan hospitalització
- hospitalitzacióhospitalizing of a patient
Chinese Mandarin 住院, 入院
- 住院 (zhùyuàn)hospitalizing of a patient
- 入院 (rùyuàn)hospitalizing of a patient
Czech hospitalizace
- hospitalizacehospitalizing of a patient
Danish hospitalisering, indlæggelse
- hospitaliseringhospitalizing of a patient
- indlæggelsehospitalizing of a patient
Dutch hospitalisatie
- hospitalisatiehospitalizing of a patient
Estonian haiglasviibimine
- haiglasviibiminehospitalizing of a patient
Finnish sairaalahoito, sairauskuluvakuutus
- sairaalahoitohospitalizing of a patient
- sairauskuluvakuutusinsurance
French hospitalisation
- hospitalisationhospitalizing of a patient
German Krankenhauseinweisung, Aufnahme in das Krankenhaus
- Krankenhauseinweisunghospitalizing of a patient
- Aufnahme in das Krankenhaushospitalizing of a patient
- Aufnahme in ein Krankenhaushospitalizing of a patient
- Krankenhausaufenthalthospitalizing of a patient
- Klinikaufenthalthospitalizing of a patient
- Krankenhausaufnahmehospitalizing of a patient
- Hospitalisierunghospitalizing of a patient
- Hospitalisierenhospitalizing of a patient
- Hospitalisiertwerdenhospitalizing of a patient
Greek νοσηλεία
- νοσηλεία (nosileía)hospitalizing of a patient
Hebrew אִשְׁפּוּז
- אִשְׁפּוּז (ishpúz)hospitalizing of a patient
Hungarian hospitalizáció
- hospitalizációhospitalizing of a patient
Icelandic sjúkrahúsvist
- sjúkrahúsvisthospitalizing of a patient
Indonesian hospitalisasi
- hospitalisasihospitalizing of a patient
Italian ospedalizzazione
- ospedalizzazionehospitalizing of a patient
Japanese 入院
- 入院 (nyūin)hospitalizing of a patient
Korean 입원
- 입원 (ibwon)hospitalizing of a patient
Latvian hospitalizācija
- hospitalizācijahospitalizing of a patient
Lithuanian hospitalizacija
- hospitalizacijahospitalizing of a patient
Norwegian Bokmål hospitalisering
- hospitaliseringhospitalizing of a patient
Polish hospitalizacja
- hospitalizacjahospitalizing of a patient
Portuguese hospitalização
- hospitalizaçãohospitalizing of a patient
Romanian spitalizare
- spitalizarehospitalizing of a patient
Russian госпитализа́ция
- госпитализа́ция (gospitalizácija)hospitalizing of a patient
Slovak hospitalizácia
- hospitalizáciahospitalizing of a patient
Spanish hospitalización
- hospitalizaciónhospitalizing of a patient
Swedish sjukhusvistelse
- sjukhusvistelsehospitalizing of a patient
Tagalog pagpapaospital, pagkaospital
- pagpapaospitalhospitalizing of a patient
- pagkaospitalhospitalizing of a patient
Ukrainian госпіталіза́ція
- госпіталіза́ція (hospitalizácija)hospitalizing of a patient
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hospitalization
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hospitalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospitalization
MLA
“hospitalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospitalization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hospitalization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospitalization.
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