Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hospitalization

4 senses of hospitalization

Sense 1
hospitalization -- (a period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization")
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Sense 2
hospitalization -- (the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization")
       => condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations")

Sense 3
hospitalization insurance, hospitalization -- (insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense)
       => health insurance -- (insurance against loss due to ill health)

Sense 4
hospitalization, hospitalisation, hospital care -- (placing in medical care in a hospital)
       => medical care, medical aid -- (professional treatment for illness or injury)