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non·spe·cif·ic

(nŏn′spĭ-sĭf′ĭk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to an infection not known to be caused by a specific pathogen: nonspecific urethritis.
2. Of or relating to immunity that occurs naturally as a result of a person's genetic makeup or physiology and does not arise from a previous infection or vaccination.
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nonspecific

(ˌnɒnspɪˈsɪfɪk)
adj
not explicit, particular, or definite
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Adj. 1. nonspecific - not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis"
medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
specific - (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"
specific - being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"
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Translations

nonspecific

a. sin especificación.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

nonspecific

adj inespecífico
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The diagnostic role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in exudative pleural effusion and follow-up results in patients with nonspecific pleuritis
Mechanical LPB may be specific or nonspecific. Under its continuance, LBP may be acute (lower than six weeks), sub-acute (continuingsix to 12 weeks), chronic (continuingmore than 12 weeks), and recurring.2 Non-specific LBP is not assignable to familiar cause and corresponds 90-95% of the subjects of LBP.
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Less well-known is the matter of nonspecific health claims.
Non-Specific Health Claims: Beyond the Letter of the Law: These statements are acceptable as long as they are either accepted generic descriptors or accompanied by a specific health claim
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However, many of these biopsies are not completely normal but have only minor, nonspecific histologic changes.
Approach to the Liver Biopsy in the Patient With Chronic Low-Level Aminotransferase Elevations
This study was planned around the hypothesis that irisin, a peptide hormone and focus of considerable recent interest, may be useful in distinguishing AA from other nonspecific acute abdominal pains.
The Diagnostic Value of Irisin in Pediatric Patients with Acute Abdominal Pain
avium on 59 cattle showed that the sensitins were highly effective in differentiating nonspecific reactions and demonstrated the expedience of their application.Using sensitins for lifetime differentiation of nonspecific reactions to tuberculin mammalian in healthy animals and cattle recovering from tuberculosis prevents the premature slaughtering of commercially valuable animals of a reproductive age.
SENSITINS FOR DIFFERENTIATING NONSPECIFIC REACTIONS TO PPD TUBERCULIN MAMMALIAN IN CATTLE
Material and Methods: Patients aged 12 years or more presenting to Medical OPD with persistent nonspecific musculoskeletal pains for more than 3 months were selected as cases, while healthy individuals served as controls.
ASSOCIATION OF "HYPOVITAMINOSIS D" WITH PERSISTENT NON-SPECIFIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAINS
Cutaneous manifestations of LE were charted out as LE specific and LE nonspecific according to Gilliam's classification.
Cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus from a tertiary care centre in coastal Kerala
In some patients, Gram stained smears showed only polymorphonuclear cells but no other finding, such patients were grouped under nonspecific vaginal discharge.
A study of etiopathogenesis of vaginal discharge in a tertiary care hospital in North India
Inpatients whose GGH didn't shift with prone imaging were labelled as nonspecific GGH.
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