nosocomial

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin nosocomium (“hospital”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νοσοκομείον (nosokomeíon, “hospital”), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness”) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɒsəˈkoʊmi.əl/

Adjective

nosocomial (not comparable)

1. (medicine, chiefly of infections or their causal agents) Arising from hospital treatment or environment.
2. (chiefly applied to bad results) Of, relating to, happening in a hospital.

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Synonyms

• iatrogenic

Anagrams

• nocosomial

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

nosocomial (feminine nosocomiale, masculine plural nosocomiaux, feminine plural nosocomiales)

1. nosocomial

Further reading

• “nosocomial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Adjective

nosocomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nosocomiales)

1. nosocomial