nosocomial

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   taking place or originating in a hospital

   “nosocomial infection”

Questions about nosocomial

What does nosocomial mean?

nosocomial means "taking place or originating in a hospital".

How many syllables are in nosocomial?

nosocomial has 5 syllables: no-so-co-mi-al. The stress falls on "mi".

Is nosocomial a common word?

nosocomial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.