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