"nonspecific" meaning in English

See nonspecific in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: non- + specific Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|specific}} non- + specific Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nonspecific (not comparable)
  1. 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.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-nonspecific-en-adj-S8FPlt-A Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 16 20 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 23 20 18 23 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. Not specific or precise, as:
    (medicine, of an antimicrobial) Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-nonspecific-en-adj-vxUY96CH Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 16 20 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 23 20 18 23 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. Not specific or precise, as:
    (medicine, of an infection) Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-nonspecific-en-adj-IHiIgskq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 16 20 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 23 20 18 23 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. Not specific or precise, as:
    (medicine, of a person's immunity) Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-nonspecific-en-adj-y~w21XoD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 16 20 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 23 20 18 23 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. Not specific or precise, as:
    (medicine, of a stain in microscopy) That does not just stain one type of tissue.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-nonspecific-en-adj-VjdC36SO Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 16 20 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 23 20 18 23 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unspecific [uncommon], inspecific (english: much less common), non-specific Derived forms: nonspecificity

Alternative forms

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