Hospitalize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hospitalize \Hos"pi*tal*ize\, v. t.
     1. (Med.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by
        long continued use as a hospital. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive


        medical treatment, observation, or for rest.
  
     Syn: hospitalise.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hospitalize
       v : admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized
           because her blood pressure was too high" [syn: {hospitalise}]