hospitalization

/ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌhɑːspɪtələˈzeɪʃn/ (ame, ipa)

hospitalization — 名詞

1. the situation in which a sick or injured person is admitted into a hospital so t

1.名詞B2
釋義

住院

因病或受傷被收治入院的過程

the situation in which a sick or injured person is admitted into a hospital so that doctors and nurses can care for them, usually overnight or for several days.

例句

Elena's grandfather needed hospitalization after his fall down the stairs.

Elena 的祖父從樓梯上摔下來後，必須住院治療。

need + hospitalization for a medical event

The doctor said Aarav's chest pain might require immediate hospitalization.

醫生說 Aarav 的胸痛可能需要立刻住院。

require + immediate hospitalization (urgent care pattern)

同義詞
  • admission

    the moment of being accepted into the hospital, not the whole stay

  • hospital stay

    everyday equivalent; less formal and more common in speech

  • inpatient care

    emphasises the treatment delivered while staying overnight

反義詞
  • outpatient care

    treatment that does not require staying overnight in a hospital

  • discharge

    the act of leaving the hospital, the opposite endpoint of hospitalization

文法句型

hospitalization for [condition]

require/need hospitalization

用法筆記

Frequently appears in formal medical and insurance contexts. Often uncountable when describing the general experience ('require hospitalization'), but countable when referring to specific stays ('three hospitalizations last year'). Subject is typically the patient or their condition.

常見錯誤

❌The hospitalization treated her infection.
✅The doctors treated her infection during her hospitalization.
💡hospitalization is the stay, not the treatment itself; doctors and medicine do the treating.
❌He went to hospitalization yesterday.
✅He was admitted to the hospital yesterday.
💡you don't 'go to' a hospitalization; you enter the hospital, and the stay is then called a hospitalization.