cross infection

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

   Synonymsnonsocial infection

   Broaderinfection

Questions about cross infection

What does cross infection mean?

cross infection means "an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility".

What is another word for cross infection?

Close synonyms include nonsocial infection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cross infection a common word?

cross infection is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.