See Also: microhepatia(medicine)
Microhepatia(health)

opportunist (oh) and microhepatia (medicine)


opportunist (oh)



someone who uses every opportunity to gain power, money, or unfair advantages - used to show disapproval
::Voters dislike opportunists - politicians who change their policies according to opinion polls.
someone who commits a crime because they have a chance to, and not because they planned to
::Most burglars are opportunists.
::an opportunist crime
-- opportunist adj
::the opportunist policies of wartime leaders
-- opportunistic /7CpEtju:5nIstIk ?@ 7B:pErtu:-/ adj
::opportunistic thefts from cars

microhepatia (medicine)


microhepatia
Abnormal smallness of the liver.

Origin: micro-+ G. Hepar (hepat-), liver