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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a period of time when you are confined to a hospital;
- Example: "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization"

2. the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital;
- Example: "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization"

3. insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense;
[syn: hospitalization insurance, hospitalization]

4. placing in medical care in a hospital;
[syn: hospitalization, hospitalisation, hospital care]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hospitalization
    n 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 [syn: hospitalization insurance, hospitalization]
    4: placing in medical care in a hospital [syn:
       hospitalization, hospitalisation, hospital care]