nosocomial

adj.

1. Of or relating to a hospital.
2. Of or being a secondary disorder associated with being treated in a hospital but unrelated to the patient's primary condition: a nosocomial infection.

[From Late Latin nosocomi(um), hospital (ultimately from Greek nosos, disease + komein, to take care of) + -AL.]

(nos-uh-KO-mee-uhl)

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

Etymology
From Latin nosocomium (hospital), from Greek nosokomeion (one who tends the sick)

Usage
"'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.

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(nos′əkō′mē-əl)
adj

Related to a hospital; a condition described as nosocomial is one which occurs as a direct result of hospital treatment.

Pertaining to or originating in a hospital.

• n. infections — those acquired during hospitalization or during attendance at any veterinary medical facility.