nosocomiallyadv.
/ˌnɒsə(ʊ)ˈkəʊmɪəli/, /ˌnəʊsə(ʊ)ˈkəʊmɪəli/, U.S. /ˌnɑsəˈkoʊmiəli/, /ˌnoʊsəˈkoʊmiəli/ In a nosocomial manner.
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1973 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Pathol. 60 836 (title) Nosocomially acquired bacteriuria due to Proteus rettgeri and Providencia stuartii.
1991 Lancet 14 Sept. p. iii/1 In Romania most children with AIDS seem to have been infected with HIV nosocomially via blood transfusions.
2001 Current Opinion Infectious Dis. 14 437 The spread of nosocomially acquired, antibiotic-resistant microorganisms has grown dramatically over the past 20 years.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1973- to-hale
- to-hang
- to-harrow
- to-hear
- to-heave
- to-hene
- to-hew
- to-hield
- to-ho
- to-hope
- to-hurt
- to tread on air
- to tread on any one's corns
- to tread on any one's heels or toes
- to tread on cottons
- to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin ice
- to tread on one's own tail
- to tread one's shoe awry
- to tread one's shoe awry the amiss
- to tread one's shoe awry the etc
- to tread one's shoe awry the one's foot
- to tread one's shoe awry the shoe
- to tread one's shoes straight
- to tread or follow on the kibes of
- to tread shoe awry