Meaning & use
admitting in a hospital
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Meaning
phrase
The official process by which a patient is accepted into a hospital to stay overnight or longer for treatment.
Grammar: Used as a noun phrase. Often appears after verbs like 'involve' or 'require'.
Patterns
- admitting in a hospital involves something
- the admitting process in a hospital
Admitting in a hospital requires a doctor's order and paperwork.
The admitting in a hospital took several hours because the emergency room was busy.
She was nervous about admitting in a hospital for the first time.
Common combinations
- hospital admission
- The hospital admission was scheduled for Monday morning.
- admit a patient
- The doctor decided to admit the patient for further tests.
- admitting department
- You need to go to the admitting department to complete the forms.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hospitalization
- This is a more formal noun that focuses on the state of being in hospital, while 'admitting in a hospital' emphasizes the initial process of being accepted.
- admission
- This is the noun for the act of entering a hospital or other institution; it is shorter and more common in official contexts.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: admitting in a hospital or emergency room?
admitting in a hospital vs emergency room
This is the department where patients first go for urgent care, while 'admitting in a hospital' is the process of being formally accepted as an inpatient.
Practice
The doctor decided to ______ the patient for observation after the accident.
Choose one answer.
The verb 'admit' fits after 'to' in an infinitive phrase. 'Admission' is a noun and would need a different structure, and 'admitting' or 'admitted' do not fit grammatically here.
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