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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--nosocomial This week's theme: words related to medicine. nosocomial (nos-uh-KO-mee-uhl) adjective Originating or acquired in hospital. Used to refer to infections. [From Latin nosocomium (hospital), from Greek nosokomeion (one who tends the sick).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'All the patients that died had serious illnesses, and we don't believe it was a nosocomial infection,' a spokesman for the Sapporo hospital said." Outbreak of Drug-resistant Bacteria; The Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo, Japan); Feb 9, 2008. X-Bonus No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. -Alexis de Tocqueville, statesman and historian (1805-1859)

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