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| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
| opportunistic infection |
| (op-uhr-tooh-NIS-tik) An infection caused by a microorganism that under normal conditions would not bring about disease. Opportunistic infections occur when the body’s immune system is weakened by disease or malnutrition. (See AIDS.) | 1 |
| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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