• non-specific

Fromnon- +‎specific.

nonspecific (notcomparable)

1. Notspecific orprecise, as:
   1. (medicine, of asymptom or other finding) Not specific to one possiblecause; caused by any of various possible causes.

      Antonym:pathognomonic

      Coordinate term:assident

      See also:nonspecific symptom,specificity

   2. (medicine, of anantimicrobial) Not specific to onepathogen; affecting multiplestrains orspecies of pathogen.

      Hypernym:broad-spectrum

   3. (medicine, of aninfection) Not known to be caused by any specificpathogen.

      Coordinate terms:cryptogenic,nonfocal

   4. (medicine, of a person'simmunity) Not caused by previousinfection orvaccination, and/or affecting more than oneantigen.

      Coordinate term:crossreactive

   5. (medicine, of a stain inmicroscopy) That does not juststain one type oftissue.

• unspecific(less common),inspecific(much less common)

• nonspecificity

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