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Portuguese
Etymology
Based on nosocómio (“hospital”), from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), replacing νόσος (nósos, “disease”) with μανίᾱ (maníā, “madness”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧có‧mi‧o
Noun
manicómio m (plural manicómios) (European Portuguese spelling)
- (now offensive) insane asylum, lunatic asylum, mental hospital
- Synonyms: hospício, (offensive) frenocómio, hospital psiquiátrico
- madhouse (all senses)