Home › Words › H › hospitalizationhospitalization/ˌhɒs.pɪ.tə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/hospitalization means the hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.hospitalization is pronounced /ˌhɒs.pɪ.tə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/.EtymologyFrom hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization.nounThe hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hospitalized 72% match — Lying in a hospital, having been hospitalized. vs hospitalization →hospitalised 69% match — being treated in a hospital vs hospitalization →hospitalizable 68% match — Suitable for being hospitalized. vs hospitalization →dehospitalization 65% match — The discharge of a patient from hospital. vs hospitalization →dehospitalize 59% match — To discharge (a patient) from hospital. vs hospitalization →prehospitalization 56% match — Prior to hospitalization. vs hospitalization →nosocomial 54% match — Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital. vs hospitalization →hospitize 52% match — To show hospitality towards. vs hospitalization →