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nosocomial
[ nos-uh-koh-mee-uhl ]
/ ˌnɒs əˈkoʊ mi əl /
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adjective
(of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
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How to use nosocomial in a sentence
Since that first patient, I have seen five other cases of nosocomial covid in the past four weeks.
As an infectious-disease doctor, I know nosocomial infections well.
My experience tells me that nosocomial covid-19 is rampant, and hospitals are not sounding the alarm.
I suspect the infection was transmitted by a staff member, much like other nosocomial infections.
British Dictionary definitions for nosocomial
nosocomial
/ (ˌnɒsəˈkəʊmɪəl) /
adjective
med originating in hospitalnosocomial disease
Word Origin for nosocomial
C19: New Latin nosocomialis, via Late Latin from Greek, from nosokomos one that tends the sick, from nosos (see noso-) + komein to tend
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