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HOSPITALIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Placing in medical care in a hospital
Synonyms:
hospital care; hospitalisation; hospitalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hospitalization" is a kind of...):
medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)
Derivation:
hospitalize (admit into a hospital)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
Synonyms:
hospitalization; hospitalization insurance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("hospitalization" is a kind of...):
health insurance (insurance against loss due to ill health)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
Example:
he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hospitalization" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
hospitalize (admit into a hospital)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A period of time when you are confined to a hospital
Example:
now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("hospitalization" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Derivation:
hospitalize (admit into a hospital)
Context examples:
Specifies whether the subject requires hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization as a result of the adverse event.
(Adverse Event Hospitalization Required Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): resulted in death, required hospitalization, was life threatening
(Adverse Event Seriousness Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.
(Ambulatory Care Facility, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Clinically significant bleeding—hemorrhagic stroke, bleeding in the brain, gastrointestinal hemorrhages or hemorrhages at other sites that required transfusion or hospitalization—occurred in 361 people (3.8 percent) on aspirin and in 265 (2.7 percent) taking the placebo.
(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)
Severely disabled; hospitalization is indicated, although death not imminent.
(Karnofsky Performance Status 30, NCI Thesaurus)
People living in areas that restrict trans fats in foods had fewer hospitalizations for heart attack and stroke compared to residents in areas without restrictions, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine and Yale School of Medicine.
(Trans Fat Bans Lessen Health Risks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
