1. admitted to or staying in a hospital for medical treatment

1. past tense of hospitalize; admitted someone to a hospital for medical treatment

Examples

• She was hospitalized after the car accident.
• The patient remained hospitalized for three weeks.
• The doctor hospitalized him immediately due to his severe symptoms.
• Many COVID patients were hospitalized during the pandemic.
• He was hospitalized following complications from surgery.
• The elderly woman was hospitalized with pneumonia.
• They hospitalized the child for observation overnight.