hospitalize
verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tə-ˌlīz 
hospitalized; hospitalizing
: to place in a hospital as a patient
Examples of hospitalize in a Sentence
The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
Recent Examples on the Web
More than 400 Americans die annually from unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, more than 100,000 visit the emergency room and more than 14,000 are hospitalized, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—
Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
Recently, the first human death from the virus was reported, and two individuals were hospitalized in Wyoming and Ohio.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Horacio Lopez Peña was also killed in the incident, while his wife, Ninfa Griselda Ortega, was hospitalized with injuries.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Pennington told fans via social media that he had been hospitalized.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hospitalize
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
Recently, the first human death from the virus was reported, and two individuals were hospitalized in Wyoming and Ohio.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Horacio Lopez Peña was also killed in the incident, while his wife, Ninfa Griselda Ortega, was hospitalized with injuries.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Pennington told fans via social media that he had been hospitalized.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hospitalize
Cite this Entry
“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospitalize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
hospitalize
verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
ˈhäs-ˌpit-ᵊl-ˌīz
hospitalized; hospitalizing
: to place in a hospital as a patient
Medical Definition
hospitalize
transitive verb
hos·pi·tal·ize
variants
or chiefly British hospitalise
hospitalized or chiefly British hospitalised; hospitalizing or chiefly British hospitalising
: to place in a hospital as a patient
the child was hospitalized at once for diagnosis and treatment—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical AssociationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share