hospitalized
Checked into care
Hospitalized means admitted to a hospital for medical care.
The term implies staying overnight or longer, not just an emergency room visit: She was hospitalized for three days after the accident.
In British English, the spelling is hospitalised.
Able to wait calmly
- inpatientAdmitted overnight patient
- wardProtected person; division
- admissionEntry or confession
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
bedridden · bed · gown · bedpan · catheter · drip · intravenous · vitals
Therapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
pharmacy · nurse · doctor · physician · specialist · caregiver · stethoscope · consultation
Serious sudden danger
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
- ICUAcute care ward
urgent · severe · life-threatening · crisis · acute · stabilize · resuscitate · ambulance
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- healingRestoration of health
improvement · rest · mending · strength · wellness · progress · follow-up · outpatient
Of mental health treatment
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
Physician who operates
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- operatingActively in function
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- sutureMedical wound closure
scalpel · preoperative · postoperative · procedure · sterile · scrubs · resection · transplant
patient
Able to wait calmly
discharge · bedridden · bed · gown · bedpan · catheter · drip · intravenous · vitals · monitor
medication
Therapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
diagnosis · pharmacy · nurse · doctor · physician · specialist · caregiver · stethoscope · consultation · bedrest
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
ICU · urgent · severe · life-threatening · crisis · acute · stabilize · resuscitate · ambulance · paramedic
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
healing · improvement · rest · mending · strength · wellness · progress · follow-up · outpatient · mobility
psychiatric
Of mental health treatment
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
surgeon
Physician who operates
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- operatingActively in function
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
suture · scalpel · preoperative · postoperative · procedure · sterile · scrubs · resection · transplant · biopsy
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
- sicknesssick, ill, unwell, ailing, diseased
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
hospitalizeddischarged
Officially let go
outpatient · released · ambulatory · sent home · home
- hospitalization rateFrequency of medical admissions
hospitalize, hospitalization, hospitalizes, hospitalizing, hospitalizations