NOSOCOMIAL


Meaning of NOSOCOMIAL in English

|näsə|kōmēəl adjective

Etymology: New Latin nosocomialis, from Late Latin nosocomium hospital (from Late Greek nosokomeion, from Greek nosokomos one that tends the sick, from nos- + -komos, akin to Greek kamnein to work) + Latin -alis -al — more at coma

: originating or taking place in a hospital

nosocomial infection

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