nosocomial
English
Etymology
From New Latin nosocomium (“hospital”), from Ancient Greek νοσοκομείον (nosokomeíon, “hospital”), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness”) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɒsəˈkoʊmi.əl/
Adjective
nosocomial (not comparable)
- (medicine, chiefly of infections or their causal agents) Arising from hospital treatment or environment.
- (chiefly applied to bad results) Of, relating to, happening in a hospital.
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French
Adjective
nosocomial (feminine singular nosocomiale, masculine plural nosocomiaux, feminine plural nosocomiales)
Further reading
- “nosocomial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Adjective
nosocomial (plural nosocomiales)
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