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A.Word.A.Day--nosocomial

adjective: Originating or acquired in hospital. Used to refer to infections.

[From Latin nosocomium (hospital), from Greek nosokomeion (one who tends the sick).]

"'All the patients that died had serious illnesses, and we don't believe it was a nosocomial infection,' a spokesman for the Sapporo hospital said."
Outbreak of Drug-resistant Bacteria; The Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo, Japan); Feb 9, 2008.

See more usage examples of nosocomial in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. This week's theme: Words related to medicine

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