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hospitalization

DEFINITIONS OF: hospitalization

1

n placing in medical care in a hospital

Synonyms:
hospital care, hospitalisation
Type of:
medical aid, medical care
professional treatment for illness or injury

n the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital

“he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization”
Type of:
condition, status
a state at a particular time

n a period of time when you are confined to a hospital

“now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization”
Type of:
period, period of time, time period
an amount of time

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

Synonyms:
hospitalization insurance
Type of:
health insurance
insurance against loss due to ill health
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