Ebola mediums
S. M. Fitzgerald
Cyberiot at ix.netcom.com
Fri May 12 23:53:24 EST 1995
>
>Debbie Gaw <dgaw at tiac.net> wrote:
>
>You'll note that ebola _is_ transmitted by casual person-to-person
>contact and nosocomial transmission (whatever that is) in addition to
>blood, vomit, and syringes.
Debbie et al.:
Courtesy of Random House Webster's:
>nos-o-co-mi-al (nos uh koh'mee uhl) adj.
1. (of infections) contracted in a hospital.
[1850-55; < NL nosocomi (um) hospital (< LGk
nosokomeîon = Gk noso- NOSO - + kom- (base with
sense " care, attendance, " as in gerokómos caring
for the old) + -eion suffix of location) + - AL 1]
All best,
S. M. Fitzgerald
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