Definition of Nonspecific

1. Adjective. Not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides. "Nonspecific enteritis"

Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine, Pathology
Antonyms: Specific, Specific

Definition of Nonspecific

1. Adjective. not specific ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of an infection) not caused by a specific pathogen ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of a person's immunity) not caused by previous infection or vaccination ¹

4. Adjective. (context: of a microscopic stain) that does not just stain one type of tissue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonspecific

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonspecific

nonsparking
nonsparkling
nonspastic
nonspatial
nonspatiality
nonspatialized
nonspatially
nonspatiotemporal
nonspeaker
nonspeakers
nonspeaking
nonspecialist
nonspecialists
nonspecializing
nonspecialty
nonspecific
nonspecific urethritis
nonspecifically
nonspecification
nonspecificity
nonspecified
nonspeckled
nonspectacular
nonspectral
nonspecular
nonspeculative
nonspeech
nonspender
nonspenders
nonspending

Literary usage of Nonspecific

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"Nonspecific Detectors Nonspecific detectors respond to bioaerosol particles ... Two kinds of nonspecific detectors are discussed in this report: standoff ..."

2. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"Trauma alone, the preservative, the interaction between protein constituents of the broth and nonspecific ferments or between the protein of autolyzed ..."

3. Diseases of the Lungs: Designed to be a Practical Presentation of the by Robert Hall Babcock (1907)
"... Symptoms of Acute Nonspecific Bronchitis.—These may vary greatly in severity from so trivial a disturbance as scarcely to attract notice, to one of such ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"By means of all of these 3 immunizing methods, both specific and nonspecific immunity may be produced, and the author considers them all to be purposive. ..."

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