Dictionary entry

Nosocomial

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Nos′o‐co″mi‐al (nŏs′ō̍‐kō″mĭ‐al), a. [L. nosocomium a hospital, Gr. νοσοκομει̑ον; νόσοσ disease + κομει̑ν to attend to.] Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere. Dunglison.