| Noun | 1. | hospitalization - a period of time when you are confined to a hospital; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization" |
| 2. | hospitalization - the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital; "he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization" | |
| 3. | hospitalization - insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense Synonyms: hospitalization insurance | |
| 4. | hospitalization - placing in medical care in a hospital Synonyms: hospital care, hospitalisation |