nosocomial

nosocomial
/nos'euh koh"mee euhl/, adj.
(of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
[1850-55; < NL nosocomi(um) hospital ( < LGk nosokomeîon, equiv. to Gk noso- NOSO- + kom- (base with sense "care, attendance," as in gerokómos caring for the old) + -eion suffix of location) + -AL1]

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  • Nosocomial — Nos o*co mi*al (n[o^]s [ o]*k[=o] m[i^]*al), a. [L. nosocomium a hospital, Gr. nosokomei^on; no sos disease + komei^n to attend to.] 1. Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 2. Acquired in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • nosocomial — Perteneciente o relativo al hospital. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

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