Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a hospital.
- adjective Relating to or being an infection that a patient acquires while being treated in a hospital.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to a hospital: as, a nosocomial fever. See
fever .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a hospital.
- adjective Acquired in a hospital.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, relating to, happening in a
hospital - adjective of a disease or infection
contracted in a hospital, or arising from hospitaltreatment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective taking place or originating in a hospital
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hospital-acquired infections are called nosocomial infections.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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Hospital-acquired infections are called nosocomial infections.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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Hospital-acquired infections are called nosocomial infections.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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Hospital-acquired infections are called nosocomial infections.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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Diarrhea - need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
New PDA glossary/Inforetriever now for Palm/Scott e-vest/the gadget girl and guy Lori 2002
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Diarrhea: need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
Archive 2002-06-01 Teri 2002
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Diarrhea: need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
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Diarrhea - need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
Archive 2002-05-01 Lori 2002
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I realized I should have specified that the Community Acquired MRSA is actually more virulent than the ones you can get from hospitals which are classified as nosocomial infections.
OMGPLAGUE!! 2008
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Together, the two hospital-acquired infections - also called nosocomial infections - account for about one-third of the 1.7 million infections US patients pick up every year while in hospital, the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows.
sionnach commented on the word nosocomial
I was just visiting this page, and - next thing you know - I found myself in the ICU, with an IV drip, being poked at by amateurish medical students with clipboards.
March 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word nosocomial
Get well soon, s! ;-)
March 26, 2009
ambyellen commented on the word nosocomial
so many nosocomial shows on tv these days...
May 23, 2009