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opportunistic

op·por·tun·is·tic [ òppər too nístik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. taking advantage of opportunities: taking advantage of an opportunity, or exploiting opportunities and situations in general, especially in a devious, unscrupulous, or unprincipled way

2. life-threatening when immunity is low: describes a microorganism or relatively minor disease that is not normally serious but that can become pathogenic or life-threatening when the host has a low level of immunity
opportunistic infections


op·por·tun·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
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