NOSOCOMIAL


Meaning of NOSOCOMIAL in English

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>

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