community-acquired

community-acquired
com·mu·ni·ty-ac·quired (kə-muґnĭ-te-ə-kwīrdґ) of an infectious disease, acquired in the general population, i.e., not arising in the hospital or as a result of other contact with the health-care system. Cf. nosocomial.

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