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noun
Any infection that causes disease and occurs only when the host's immune system is impaired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: infection
Narrower terms: aspergillosis
History
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