'hospitalization' definitions:

Definition of 'hospitalization'

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

Definition of 'hospitalization'

From: GCIDE
  • hospitalisation \hospitalisation\, hospitalization \hospitalization\n. medical care in a hospital; also, the period during which one receives care in a hospital.
  • Syn: hospital care. [WordNet 1.5]