hospitalize

English

verb
Definitions
  • To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
  • (medicine) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
  • (of an injury, illness, event, or person) To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.

Etymology

Suffix from English hospital.

Origin

English

hospital

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