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nosocomial

[ nos-uh-koh-mee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.


nosocomial

/ ˌnɒsəˈkəʊmɪəl /

adjective

  1. med originating in hospital

    nosocomial disease

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nosocomial1

1850–55; < New Latin nosocomi ( um ) hospital (< Late Greek nosokomeîon, equivalent to Greek noso- noso- + kom- (base with sense “care, attendance,” as in gērokómos caring for the old) + -eion suffix of location) + -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nosocomial1

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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Example Sentences

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.

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