opportunistic

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English - Turkish
(Tıp) oportünist
Fırsatçılıkla ilgili, fırsatçıyla ilgili

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opportunistic infections
(Tıp) fırsatçı enfeksiyonlar
opportunistic sampling
fırsatçı örneklemesi
opportunistic behavior
(Ticaret) fırsatçı davranış
opportunistic feeding
(Denizbilim) fırsatçı beslenme
opportunistic fishing
(Denizbilim) fırsatçı balıkçılık
opportunistic infection
(Tıp) Normal olarak hastalığa sebep olmayan pek az patojeniteye sahip olan bir mikro-organizmanın, başka bir hastalık veya tedavi yöntemi nedeniyle aktivasyon kazanarak meydana getirdiği ağır hastalık tablosu
opportunistic pathogen
(Tıp) fırsatçı patojen
English - English
taking advantage of situations that arise

The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections.

said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles

You can't trust somebody that opportunistic -- she'll stab you in the back the first chance she gets.

{s} of an opportunist; of opportunism
disapproval If you describe someone's behaviour as opportunistic, you are critical of them because they take advantage of situations in order to gain money or power, without thinking about whether their actions are right or wrong. Many of the party's members joined only for opportunistic reasons. + opportunistically op·por·tun·is·ti·cal·ly This nationalist feeling has been exploited opportunistically by several important politicians
An organism capable of causing disease only in a host whose resistance is lowered--usually by other diseases or by drugs
Investment strategy that seeks to profit from pricing discrepancies resulting from corporate "event" transactions, such as mergers & acquisitions, spinoffs, price fluctuations, imbalances, bankruptcies, or recapitalizations Also known as "event driven " These funds are usually aggressive and they seek to make money in the most efficient way at the given time
adj Being or caused by a usually harmless microorganism that can become pathogenic when the host’s resistance is impaired
taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

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opportunistic infection
any infection that causes disease and occurs only when the host's immune system is impaired
opportunistic infection
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)
opportunistic infection
An infection by a microorganism that normally does not cause disease but becomes pathogenic when the body's immune system is impaired and unable to fight off infection
opportunistic infection
(OI): a disease caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause illness in a person with a healthy immune system, but that may cause serious disease when the immune system is weakened Common OIs in HIV positive people include Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
opportunistic infection
An infection caused by a microbe which a healthy person would be able to fight off Opportunistic infections are found in immunodeficient persons, those suffering form AIDS, an those on chemo therapy
opportunistic infection
an infection in immune deficient, or immune-suppressed persons, symptomatically caused by organisms that do not usually affect people with deemed normal immune systems
opportunistic infection
An infection caused by an organism capable of causing disease only in individuals whose resistance to infection is lowered
opportunistic infection
An infection that normally does not occur or is not life threatening, but that takes advantage of a weakened immune system
opportunistic infection
A disease or infection caused by a microorganism that does not ordinarily cause disease but which, under certain conditions (impaired immune responses i e HIV), becomes pathologic e g pneumonia
opportunistic infection
a disease or condition that attacks because of a weakened immune system Commonly abbreviated OI One good list of OIs is in the U S government's definition of AIDS
opportunistic infection
A disease suffered by a person whose immune system is impaired (as in AIDS); these infections are usually not problematic in people with functioning immune systems
opportunistic infection
Infections with any organism (mostly bacterial or fungal) that may occur when a person's immune system has been compromised or reduced because of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
opportunistic infection
An infection in an immunosuppressed person caused by an organism that does not usually trouble people with healthy immune systems
opportunistic infections
Infections that do not ordinarily affect individualswho have a healthy immune system
opportunistic infections
Infections that the bodily defenses would normally hold in check; these pathogens require a special opportunity to produce disease 181Infections that the bodily defenses would normally hold in check; these pathogens require a special opportunity to produce disease 181
opportunistic infections
infections caused by germs which do not normally cause disease may occur under certain circumstances with an impaired immune system
opportunistically
In an opportunistic manner
opportunistic

    Hyphenation

    op·por·tun·is·tic

    Turkish pronunciation

    äpırtunîstîk

    Pronunciation

    /ˌäpərˌto͞oˈnəstək/ /ˌɑːpɜrˌtuːˈnɪstɪk/
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