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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nos•o•co•mi•al (nos′ə kō′mē əl),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicine, Pathology(of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized;
hospital-acquired.
- Late Greek nosokomeîon, equivalent. to Greek noso- noso- + kom- (base with sense "care, attendance,'' as in gērokómos caring for the old) + -eion suffix of location) + -al1
- Neo-Latin nosocomi(um) hospital (
- 1850–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nosocomial /ˌnɒsəˈkəʊmɪəl/ adj - originating in hospital
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin nosocomialis, via Late Latin from Greek, from nosokomos one that tends the sick, from nosos (see noso-) + komein to tend |