hospitalization
n. C / Un. the act of being admitted to a hospital for medical care. It can also mean the total time you spend staying in the hospital.
n. the admission of a patient to a hospital for treatment or observation; the period of time during which a patient remains in a hospital.
The patient required immediate hospitalization after the accident.
Doctors recommended hospitalization to monitor her heart rate more closely over the next forty-eight hours.
While outpatient care is becoming more common for minor procedures, severe respiratory infections often necessitate hospitalization to ensure access to specialized equipment and round-the-clock nursing care.
From hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization.
Uncountable when referring to the general process or state; countable when referring to specific instances or events.
He was in hospitalization for three days.He was in the hospital for three days.Learners often use the abstract noun 'hospitalization' when they should use the physical location 'hospital' to describe where someone is staying.