| slovo | definícia |
opportunistic
(encz) | opportunistic,oportunistický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
opportunistic
(gcide) | opportunistic \opportunistic\ adj.
1. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any
circumstance of possible benefit; practising opportunism.
[WordNet sense 1]
Syn: opportunist, timeserving.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Med.) Causing disease only when the immune system of the
host has been weakened, or other damage to the host
provides special opportunity for invasion; -- of
microorganisms or infectious diseases; as, opportunistic
pathogens may infect a burn site; AIDS predisposes a
patient to opportunistic infection.
[PJC] |
opportunistic
(wn) | opportunistic
adj 1: taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any
circumstance of possible benefit [syn: opportunist,
opportunistic, timeserving] |
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opportunistic infection
(encz) | opportunistic infection, n: |
opportunistically
(encz) | opportunistically,oportunisticky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
opportunistic infection
(wn) | opportunistic infection
n 1: any 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) |
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