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>