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opportunistic
CIDE DICTIONARY
opportunistic, adj.
- taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; practising opportunism. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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]
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