nosocomial

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

• IPA^(key): /nɒsəˈkoʊmi.əl/

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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• iatrogenic

• nocosomial

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

1. nosocomial

• “nosocomial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

nosocomial (plural nosocomiales)

1. nosocomial