This week's theme: words related to medicine. nosocomial (nos-uh-KO-mee-uhl) adjective
Originating or acquired in hospital. Used to refer to infections. [From Latin nosocomium (hospital), from Greek nosokomeion (one who tends the sick).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=nosocomial -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'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. Sponsored by: orijinz is getting rave reviews! "I love this game!" "So much Fun" "infections" "Great, great, GREAT word game!" $14.95. http://entspire.com Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. -Alexis de Tocqueville, statesman and historian (1805-1859) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/nosocomial.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/nosocomial.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/nosocomial.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
