Pronounced: JOO-noh, noun
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Yesterday’s word
The word nosocomial means “acquired or occurring in a hospital”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word is generally used of infections. It came from the Late Latin (or New Latin) word nosocomium (hospital); one part of the word came from the Greek word nosos (disease).
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