NONSOCIAL INFECTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility

Synonyms:

cross infection; nonsocial infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nonsocial infection" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

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