Term: 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)
Candidate hypernym: infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms → 1
Candidate hypernym: hair stroke: a very fine line in writing or printing → 0
Candidate hypernym: ellipse: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it → 0
Candidate hypernym: mu: the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: box: evergreen shrubs or small trees → 0
Candidate hypernym: raspberry: woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries → 0
Candidate hypernym: aqueous humor: the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens → 0
Candidate hypernym: slipknot: a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made → 0
Candidate hypernym: oenanthe: poisonous herbs: water dropworts → 0
Candidate hypernym: sheepwalk: farm devoted to raising sheep → 0
Candidate hypernym: mapmaking: the making of maps and charts → 0