nonspecific
IPA: nɑnspʌsˈɪfɪk
adjective
- Not specific or precise, as:
- (medicine, of a symptom or other finding) Not specific to one possible cause; caused by any of various possible causes.
- (medicine, of an antimicrobial) Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen.
- (medicine, of an infection) Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen.
- (medicine, of a person's immunity) Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen.
- (medicine, of a stain in microscopy) That does not just stain one type of tissue.
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Examples of "nonspecific" in Sentences
- These drugs act nonspecifically.
- Let's not use nonspecific language.
- Laboratory findings are nonspecific.
- The name of this article is too nonspecific.
- Also, the symptoms are vague and nonspecific.
- Nonspecific but useful finding in mitral stenosis.
- Erogenous zones are either nonspecific or specific.
- A link to the world of discworld is too nonspecific.
- The symptoms of the Nosema are relatively nonspecific.
- And it verges on too nonspecific to really support that.
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