Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - infirmary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hospital. 2 a place for those who are ill in a monastery, school, etc. Etymology: med.L infirmaria (as INFIRM) INFIX v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by in) a fix (a thing in another). b impress (a fact etc. in the mind). 2 Gram. insert (a formative element) into the body of a word. --n. Gram. a formative element inserted in a word. Derivatives infixation n. Etymology: L infigere infix- (as IN-(2), FIX): (n.) after prefix, suffix