Associations to the word «Hospitalization»

Wiktionary

HOSPITALIZATION, noun. The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
HOSPITALIZATION, noun. Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.

Dictionary definition

HOSPITALIZATION, noun. A period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization".
HOSPITALIZATION, noun. The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization".
HOSPITALIZATION, noun. Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense.
HOSPITALIZATION, noun. Placing in medical care in a hospital.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley