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Nosocomial

Nosˊo-co′mi-al

(nŏsˊō̍-kō′mĭ-al)

,

Adj.

[L.

nosocomium

a hospital, Gr.

νοσοκομεῖον

;

νόσοσ

disease +

κομεῖν

to attend to.]

1.

Of or pertaining to a hospital;

as,

nosocomial

atmosphere

.

Dunglison.