See nonspecific in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nonspecificity"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "specific"
},
"expansion": "non- + specific",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From non- + specific.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "nonspecific (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "pathognomonic"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Healthcare",
"Sciences",
"Health",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 20 17 20 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 17 18 23 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with non-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 15 19 26 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 18 18 24 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: assident"
},
{
"text": "See also: nonspecific symptom, specificity"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not specific to one possible cause; caused by any of various possible causes."
],
"id": "en-nonspecific-en-adj-S8FPlt-A",
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"symptom",
"symptom#English"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"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."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a symptom or other finding"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Healthcare",
"Sciences",
"Health",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 20 17 20 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 17 18 23 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with non-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 15 19 26 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 18 18 24 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen."
],
"id": "en-nonspecific-en-adj-vxUY96CH",
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"antimicrobial",
"antimicrobial#English"
],
[
"pathogen",
"pathogen"
],
[
"strains",
"strain#Noun"
],
[
"species",
"species#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"(medicine, of an antimicrobial) Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an antimicrobial"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Healthcare",
"Sciences",
"Health",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 20 17 20 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 17 18 23 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with non-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 15 19 26 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 18 18 24 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen."
],
"id": "en-nonspecific-en-adj-IHiIgskq",
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"infection",
"infection#English"
],
[
"pathogen",
"pathogen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"(medicine, of an infection) Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an infection"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Healthcare",
"Sciences",
"Health",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 20 17 20 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 17 18 23 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with non-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 15 19 26 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 18 18 24 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: crossreactive"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen."
],
"id": "en-nonspecific-en-adj-y~w21XoD",
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"immunity",
"immunity#English"
],
[
"infection",
"infection"
],
[
"vaccination",
"vaccination"
],
[
"antigen",
"antigen#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"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."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person's immunity"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Healthcare",
"Sciences",
"Health",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 20 17 20 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 17 18 23 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with non-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 15 19 26 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 18 18 24 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"That does not just stain one type of tissue."
],
"id": "en-nonspecific-en-adj-VjdC36SO",
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"microscopy",
"microscopy#English"
],
[
"stain",
"stain#Verb"
],
[
"tissue",
"tissue#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"(medicine, of a stain in microscopy) That does not just stain one type of tissue."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a stain in microscopy"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "unspecific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "much less common",
"word": "inspecific"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "non-specific"
}
],
"word": "nonspecific"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms prefixed with non-",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "nonspecificity"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "specific"
},
"expansion": "non- + specific",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From non- + specific.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "nonspecific (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "pathognomonic"
}
],
"categories": [
"English links with manual fragments",
"en:Medicine"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: assident"
},
{
"text": "See also: nonspecific symptom, specificity"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not specific to one possible cause; caused by any of various possible causes."
],
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"symptom",
"symptom#English"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"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."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a symptom or other finding"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English links with manual fragments",
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen."
],
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"antimicrobial",
"antimicrobial#English"
],
[
"pathogen",
"pathogen"
],
[
"strains",
"strain#Noun"
],
[
"species",
"species#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"(medicine, of an antimicrobial) Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an antimicrobial"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen."
],
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"infection",
"infection#English"
],
[
"pathogen",
"pathogen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"(medicine, of an infection) Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an infection"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Medicine"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: crossreactive"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen."
],
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"immunity",
"immunity#English"
],
[
"infection",
"infection"
],
[
"vaccination",
"vaccination"
],
[
"antigen",
"antigen#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"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."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person's immunity"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English links with manual fragments",
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"That does not just stain one type of tissue."
],
"links": [
[
"specific",
"specific"
],
[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"microscopy",
"microscopy#English"
],
[
"stain",
"stain#Verb"
],
[
"tissue",
"tissue#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Not specific or precise, as:",
"(medicine, of a stain in microscopy) That does not just stain one type of tissue."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a stain in microscopy"
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "unspecific"
},
{
"english": "much less common",
"word": "inspecific"
},
{
"word": "non-specific"
}
],
"word": "nonspecific"
}
Download raw JSONL data for nonspecific meaning in English (3.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.