HyperDic: opportunistic_infection

English > 1 sense of the expression opportunistic infection:
NOUNstateopportunistic infectionany infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans
English > opportunistic infection: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAny infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs).
NarroweraspergillosisAn opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus
BroaderinfectionThe pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Spanishinfección oportunista

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