hospitalization

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hospitalization at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. A period of time when you are confined to a hospital.

   now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization

2. The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital.

   he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization

3. Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense.