NOSOCOMIAL


Meaning of NOSOCOMIAL in English

[nos.o.co.mi.al] adj [LL nosocomium hospital, fr. LGk nosokomeion, fr. Gk nosokomos one who tends the sick, fr. nosos disease + -komos; akin to Gk kamnein to suffer, toil, Skt samyati he tires] (ca. 1843): originating or taking place in a hospital "~ infection"

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