NOSOCOMIAL


Meaning of NOSOCOMIAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌnä-sə-ˈkō-mē-əl ]

adjective

Etymology: Late Latin nosocomium hospital, from Late Greek nosokomeion, from Greek nosokomos one who tends the sick, from nosos disease + -komos; akin to Greek kamnein to suffer, toil, Sanskrit śāmyati he tires

Date: circa 1843

: acquired or occurring in a hospital

nosocomial infection

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