nosocomial

nos·o·co·mi·al

N0170650 (nŏs′ə-kō′mē-əl)adj.1. Of or relating to a hospital.2. Relating to or being an infection that a patient acquires while being treated in a hospital.

[Late Latin nosocomium, hospital (from Greek nosokomeion, from nosokomein, to tend the sick : nosos, sickness, plague + komein, to take care of, tend) + -al.]

nosocomial

(ˌnɒsəˈkəʊmɪəl) adj (Medicine) med originating in hospital: nosocomial disease. [C19: New Latin nosocomialis, via Late Latin from Greek, from nosokomos one that tends the sick, from nosos (see noso-) + komein to tend]

nos•o•co•mi•al

(ˌnɒs əˈkoʊ mi əl)

adj. (of infections) contracted in a hospital or other health care facility. [1850–55; < New Latin nosocomi(um) hospital (< Late Greek nosokomeîon= Greek noso- noso- + kom- (base with sense “care, attendance,” as in gērokómos caring for the old)]

nosocomial

- "Pertaining to a hospital" or "originating in a hospital."See also related terms for hospital.

Thesaurus

Adj.

nosocomial - taking place or originating in a hospital; "nosocomial infection"

Translations

nosocomial

[nos″o-ko´me-al] pertaining to or originating in a hospital.nosocomial infection an infection acquired during hospitalization. More than one third of all such infections are easily preventable without sophisticated and expensive equipment or procedures. In most cases washing the hands after each patient contact is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infections. Other measures include basic cleanliness and sanitation in handling and storing of equipment, and particularly careful handling of urinary catheters and drainage bags. In addition to the urinary tract, other common sites of infection are the respiratory tract and surgical wounds. The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations sets specific standards for in-house control of infection. See also infection control.

nos·o·co·mi·al

(nos'ō-kō'mē-ăl), 1. Relating to a hospital. 2. Denoting a new disorder (not the patient's original condition) associated with being treated in a hospital, such as a hospital-acquired infection. [G. nosokomeion, hospital, fr. nosos, disease, + komeō, to take care of]

nosocomial

(nŏs′ə-kō′mē-əl)adj.1. Of or relating to a hospital.2. Relating to or being an infection that a patient acquires while being treated in a hospital.

nosocomial

adjective Pertaining to a hospital, often used in reference to an infection acquired whilst in hospital.

nosocomial

adjective Relating to a hospital, commonly referring to an infection acquired while interned in a hospital. See Iatrogenic. Cf Community acquired.

nos·o·co·mi·al

(nōzō-kōmē-ăl) 1. Relating to a hospital. 2. Denoting a new disorder (not the patient's original condition) associated with being treated in a hospital, such as a hospital-acquired infection. [G. nosokomeion, hospital, fr. nosos, disease, + komeō, to take care of]

nosocomial

Of disease pertaining to, or acquired in, a hospital. The term is used especially to refer to infections more likely to occur in hospital than out of hospital. From Greek nosokomion , a hospital.

Nosocomial

Contracted in a hospital. Pneumonia caused by H. influenzae is an example of a nosocomial infection.Mentioned in: Hemophilus Infections