hospitalization

/HH AA0 S P IH0 T AH0 L AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

  2. 2

    Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hospitalization