noun, masculine/nosoˈkomjo/plural: nosocomios
hospital
Synonyms: hospital
Related: manicomio, nosocomial
Borrowed from Late Latin nosocomīum, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital”), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness”) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of”).