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Verb: hospitalise  'hós-pi-tu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: hospitalize)
  1. Admit into a hospital
    "Mother had to be hospitalised because her blood pressure was too high";
    - hospitalize

Derived forms: hospitalising, hospitalises, hospitalised

Type of: charge, commit, institutionalise [Brit], institutionalize, send