"HCAP" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: HCAPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} HCAP (countable and uncountable, plural HCAPs)
  1. (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of healthcare-associated pneumonia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: healthcare-associated pneumonia Hypernyms (healthcare associated pneumonia): pneumonia Hyponyms: HAP (english: hospital-acquired pneumonia), VAP (english: ventilator-associated pneumonia), VIP (english: ventilator-induced pneumonia)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "ventilator-associated pneumonia",
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