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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--nosocomial(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年05月30日18:27:38 星期二), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
nosocomial (nos-uh-KO-mee-uhl) adjective
(of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized;
hospital-acquired.
[Neo-Latin nosocomi(um) hospital from Late Greek nosokome頾n, equivalent to
Greek noso- + kom- (base with sense `care, attendance,' as in gerokomos
caring for the old) + -eion suffix of location) + -al.]
"The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has announced that nosocomial
(in-hospital) infections cost up to $29 billion annually and up to 98,000
deaths in the US alone."
Nosocomial Infections Cost Up To $29 Billion Annually, Business Wire,
Mar 31, 2000.
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