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adj
Not specific or precise, as:
Not specific to one possible cause; caused by any of various possible causes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pathognomonic
adj
Not specific or precise, as:
Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: broad-spectrum
adj
Not specific or precise, as:
Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not specific or precise, as:
Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not specific or precise, as:
That does not just stain one type of tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: specific
History
From non- + specific.
