Noun has 4 senses

• hospitalization(n = noun.time) - a period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"

Derived form verb hospitalize₁

• hospitalization(n = noun.state) - the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization"

Derived form verb hospitalize₁

• hospitalization(n = noun.possession) hospitalization insurance - insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense;


• hospitalization(n = noun.act) hospital care, hospitalisation - placing in medical care in a hospital;

Derived form verb hospitalize₁