Associations to the word «Nosocomial»
Noun
- Infection
- Pneumonia
- Pathogen
- Catheter
- Hepatitis
- Diarrhea
- Outbreak
- Epidemiology
- Tuberculosis
- Tract
- Antibiotic
- Hospital
- Bacterium
- Hygiene
- Surveillance
- Prevention
- Efficacy
- Nursing
- Incidence
- Patient
- Mortality
- Cleaning
- Healthcare
- Transmission
- Admission
- Setting
- Plague
- Strain
- Disease
- Risk
- Organism
- Virus
- Surgery
- Syndrome
- Cause
- Care
- Health
- Outcome
- Nurse
- Spread
- Resistance
- Factor
- Control
- Drug
- Treatment
- Nose
- Rate
- Procedure
- Ward
- Facility
- Encyclopedia
- Environment
- Iv
- Finding
- Study
- Cost
- Worker
- Birth
- Stay
- Practice
- Most
- Cross
- Evidence
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
NOSOCOMIAL, adjective. (medicine) (chiefly of infections or their causal agents) Arising from hospital treatment or environment.
NOSOCOMIAL, adjective. (chiefly applied to bad results) Of, relating to, happening in a hospital.
Dictionary definition
NOSOCOMIAL, adjective. Taking place or originating in a hospital; "nosocomial infection".
Wise words
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