'Hospitalize' definitions:

Definition of 'hospitalize'

From: WordNet
verb
Admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high" [syn: hospitalize, hospitalise]

Definition of 'Hospitalize'

From: 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]