Hospitalize (Verb)
Meaning
Admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The elderly woman was hospitalized after a severe fall in her home that left her with serious injuries.
- The patient was required to be hospitalized overnight for observation and further testing after the accident.
- Due to his severe allergic reaction, he had to be hospitalized and given medication to control his symptoms.
- The doctor decided to hospitalize the young girl because her fever was not responding to the antibiotics.
- After a series of seizures, the boy was hospitalized and scheduled for a battery of tests to determine the cause.