Nosocomial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to a hospital.
  • adj. Of or being a secondary disorder associated with being treated in a hospital but unrelated to the patient's primary condition: a nosocomial infection.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, relating to, happening in a hospital
  • adj. contracted in a hospital, or arising from hospital treatment
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a hospital.
  • adj. Acquired in a hospital.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to a hospital: as, a nosocomial fever. See fever.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. taking place or originating in a hospital
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