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hospital-acquired infection
hos·pi·tal-ac·quired in·fec·tion (plural hos·pi·tal-ac·quired in·fec·tions)


noun 
Definition:
 
illness resulting from stay in hospital: a disease caught by somebody while being treated in the hospital for something else
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