hospitalization

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

hospitalise, hospitalize, period, period of time, time period