opportunistic infectionnoun [ C ]
uk/ɒp.ə.tjuːˌnɪs.tɪk ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ɑː.pɚ.tuːˌnɪs.tɪk ɪnˈfek.ʃən/specializedan infection caused by bacteria or a virus that is not harmful to a healthy person but harms a person whose body's natural defence against infection is damaged
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
- adenovirus
- amoeba
- antimicrobial
- bacteriology
- bacteriophage
- C. difficile
- E. coli
- fungal
- fungoid
- fungus
- HIV-positive
- listeria
- microbe
- mould
- organism
- probiotic
- shitake mushroom
- taenia
- West Nile virus
- yeast
See more results »