Main Entry:

nos·o·co·mi·al

Pronunciation:

\ˌnä-sə-ˈkō-mē-əl\

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 śāmyati he tires

Date:

circa 1843

: acquired or occurring in a hospital <nosocomial infection>