hos·pi·tal·ize hospitalizes hospitalizing hospitalized in BRIT, also use hospitalise If someone is hospitalized, they are sent or admitted to hospital. Most people do not have to be hospitalized for asthma or pneumonia. + hospitalization hos·pi·tali·za·tion Occasionally hospitalization is required to combat dehydration. if someone is hospitalized, they are taken into a hospital for treatment
admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high"
To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital