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opportunistic

[ op-er-too-nis-tik, -tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  2. Pathology.
    1. (of a microorganism) causing disease only under certain conditions, as when a person's immune system is impaired.
    2. (of a disease or infection) caused by such an organism:

      Pneumocystis pneumonia is an opportunistic disease that often strikes victims of AIDS.



opportunistic

/ 藢蓲辫蓹迟箩蕣藞苍瑟蝉迟瑟办 /

adjective

  1. of or characterized by opportunism
  2. med (of an infection) caused by any microorganism that is harmless to a healthy person but debilitates a person whose immune system has been weakened by disease or drug treatment
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢辞辫辫辞谤迟耻藞苍颈蝉迟颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞辫顎卲辞谤路迟耻苍路颈蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍顎卭辫路辫辞谤路迟耻苍路颈蝉顎僼颈肠 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of opportunistic1

First recorded in 1890鈥95; opportunist + -ic
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Our paper from 2023 is a big, big summary of the fungi found through these opportunistic sampling events over an 11 year period.

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A measles infection temporarily suppresses the immune system, Mina said, and it was long assumed that opportunistic infections around the time of the illness were the result of that short-term suppression.

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But Emma Orr's opportunistic score brought the visitors back within touching at half-time.

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"It's a very wrong thing to do, and opportunistic and somewhat cynical," he added.

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California鈥檚 black bears are clever, resourceful and opportunistic.

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