hospitalization
noun
Simple meaning
Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
hahspihtuhluhzayshuhnSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
hɑspɪtələˈzeɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
“He hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization.”
Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
Used this way, hospitalization is a specialist word 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.
“He hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Nearby words
- hospitalisation , used mainly in Regional English
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More ways to use hospitalization
- “Now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization.”noun
- “He hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization.”noun
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Word Family
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Word family
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Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers.
Compound terms
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Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- outpatientnoun
- inpatientnoun
- medicationnoun
- psychiatrynoun
- pneumonianoun
- patientnoun
- therapynoun
- treatmentnoun
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Synonyms
Sense: being treated as a patient in a hospital
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