nosocomial
Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospitalOf an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital.
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Meaning
2 senses(formal, not comparable)Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital.
nosokomial, Krankenhaus-
(formal, not comparable, uncommon)Of, relating to, or happening in a hospital.
- taking place or originating in a hospital
Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin nosocomīum (“hospital, infirmary”) + English -al (suffixLearned borrowing from Late Latin nosocomīum (“hospital, infirmary”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Nosocomīum is borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital, infirmary”), from νοσοκομέω (nosokoméō, “to tend the sick”) + -εῖον (-eîon, suffix forming nouns denoting places); νοσοκομέω (nosokoméō) is from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness, sickness”) (further etymology uncertain) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of, look after, tend”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kem(H)- (“to be tired; to exert oneself”)).
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