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NONSOCIAL INFECTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonsocial infection mean?
• NONSOCIAL INFECTION (noun)
The noun NONSOCIAL INFECTION has 1 sense:
1. an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility
Familiarity information: NONSOCIAL INFECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
cross infection; nonsocial infection
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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