1. admitting someone to a hospital for medical treatment
Usage: present participle of hospitalize

Examples

• The doctor is hospitalizing the patient due to severe pneumonia.
• They are hospitalizing her for emergency surgery.
• The accident resulted in hospitalizing three people.
• The family was worried about hospitalizing their elderly father.
• Hospitalizing patients with COVID-19 became common during the pandemic.
• The insurance company questioned the need for hospitalizing the child.