nosocomial

== English == === Etymology === Learned 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”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nŏs'ə-kōʹmē-əl, IPA(key): /ˌnɒ.sə(ʊ)ˈkəʊ.mi.əl/, /ˌnəʊ-/ (General American) enPR: nŏs'ə-kōʹmē-əl, nō'sə-kōʹmē-əl, IPA(key): /ˌnɑ.səˈkoʊ.mi.əl/, /ˌnoʊ-/ Hyphenation: no‧so‧com‧i‧al === Adjective === nosocomial (not comparable) (formal) (pathology) Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital. [from early 19th c.] Hypernym: iatrogenic (medicine, uncommon) Of, relating to, or happening in a hospital. ==== Derived terms ==== nosocomiality nosocomially NP (“abbreviation of nosocomial pneumonia”) ==== Related terms ==== noso- nosocome (obsolete, rare) nosocomephobia nosocomium (historical) nosology ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hospital-acquired infection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === nocosomial == Catalan == === Etymology === From nosocomi (“hospital”, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon)) +‎ -al (“-al”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [nu.zu.ku.miˈal] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [no.zo.ko.miˈal] Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: no‧so‧co‧mi‧al === Adjective === nosocomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nosocomials) (relational) hospital; nosocomial === Further reading === “nosocomial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “nosocomial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == French == === Etymology === From Late Latin nosocomīum (“hospital”) +‎ -al, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔ.zɔ.kɔ.mjal/ Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: no‧so‧co‧mial === Adjective === nosocomial (feminine nosocomiale, masculine plural nosocomiaux, feminine plural nosocomiales) (relational) hospital; nosocomial (medicine) nosocomial (arising from hospital treatment) == Spanish == === Etymology === From nosocomio (“hospital”) +‎ -al (“-al”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nosokoˈmjal/ [no.so.koˈmjal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: no‧so‧co‧mial === Adjective === nosocomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural nosocomiales) nosocomial (relating to a hospital) === Further reading === “nosocomial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025