opportunistic infection
English Thesaurus
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) (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | infection, |
| definition | : | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | aspergillosis, |
| definition | : | an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs (noun.state) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore opportunistic infection in ArtiKata.com >