/nos'euh koh"mee euhl/ , adj.
(of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
[ 1850-55; nosocomi ( um ) hospital ( nosokomeîon, equiv. to Gk noso- NOSO- + kom- (base with sense "care, attendance," as in gerokómos caring for the old) + -eion suffix of location) + -AL 1 ]