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hospitalisation

noun

Simple meaning

The act of admitting someone for medical treatment.

Pronunciation

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hahspihtuhlihzayshuhn

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈhɑspɪtəlɪˈzeɪʃən

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Definition

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noun

  1. British spelling

    The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: (British spelling) The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

Used this way, hospitalisation is a word tied to one variety of English that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Regional
Connotation
Clinical and technical
Usage feel
Technical and specialized

Where it naturally appears

  • Medicine/healthcare
  • Science
  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

Mainly used in British English, so it may read as unusual elsewhere.

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Sense: hospitalizing of a patient

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