nosocómio

See also: nosocomio and nosocômio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nosocomīum, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομείον (nosokomeíon, “hospital”), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness”) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of”). Compare Italian nosocomio and Spanish nosocomio.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɔzɔˈkɔmju/
  • Hyphenation: no‧so‧có‧mi‧o

Noun

nosocómio m (plural nosocómios)

  1. (archaic) hospital

Synonyms

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