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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