hospitalization

Definition of Hospitalization in English :

1. hospitalization

a period of time when you are confined to a hospital

Example Sentences:
'now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization'

2. hospitalization

the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital

Example Sentences:
'he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization'

insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense

placing in medical care in a hospital

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hospitalization

noun

1.

the act or an instance of being hospitalized

2.

the duration of a stay in a hospital

noun

1.

a hospitalizing or being hospitalized

2. US, Informal

hospitalization insurance

n.

1.

a. The act of placing a person in a hospital as a patient.

b. The condition of being hospitalized.

2. Insurance that fully or partially covers a patient's hospital expenses.