adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ nä-s ə - ' k ō -m ē - ə l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin nosocomium hospital, from Late Greek nosokomeion, from Greek nosokomos one who tends the sick, from nosos disease + -komos; akin to Greek kamnein to suffer, toil, Sanskrit ś ā myati he tires
Date: circa 1843
: acquired or occurring in a hospital < nosocomial infection>