nosocomial

IPA: nˈoʊsoʊkˈoʊmiʌɫ

adjective

  • (pathology) Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital.
  • (medicine, uncommon) Of, relating to, or happening in a hospital.
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Examples of "nosocomial" in Sentences

  • Diarrhea: need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
  • Diarrhea - need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
  • Hospital-acquired infections are called nosocomial infections.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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