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单词 nosocomial
释义

nosocomial

[ nos-uh-koh-mee-uhl ]
/ ˌnɒs əˈkoʊ mi əl /

adjective

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

Origin of nosocomial

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) + -al1

Words nearby nosocomial

no sir, no skin off one's nose, no smoke without fire, there's, noso-, no soap, nosocomial, nosogenesis, nosogenic, nosogeography, nosography, nosology
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British Dictionary definitions for nosocomial

nosocomial
/ (ˌnɒsəˈkəʊmɪəl) /

adjective

med originating in hospitalnosocomial disease

Word Origin for nosocomial

C19: New Latin nosocomialis, via Late Latin from Greek, from nosokomos one that tends the sick, from nosos (see noso-) + komein to tend
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

Medical definitions for nosocomial

nosocomial
[ nŏs′ə-kōmē-əl ]

adj.

Of or relating to a hospital.
Of or being a secondary disorder associated with being treated in a hospital but unrelated to the patient's primary condition.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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