hospitalization
(noun)
noun
1. a period of time when you are confined to a hospital
- now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization
Definition categories: time, period
2. the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
- he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization
Definition categories: state, condition, status
3. insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
Definition categories: possession
4. placing in medical care in a hospital
Similar word(s): hospitalisation
Definition categories: act