nonspecific
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˌnɑnspəˈsɪfɪk/
- Specialized
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no específico
- The doctor mentioned that the patient's complaints were nonspecific and did not point to any specific illness.
- nonspecific symptoms
- nonspecific activity
- nonspecific reaction
So I'm trying to be as nonspecific to begin with and see where it it leads me.
- So I'm trying to be as nonspecific to begin with and see where it it leads me.
- But that's just all the kind of vague, nonspecific garbage we've been spewing out for decades that gets us nowhere.
- So yes, there's, we would still call gender, gender nonspecific and call them decedents.
- It's a useful term because it's sort of, you might say valence, nonspecific.
Examples
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The results of these analyses reinforce the important role of nonspecific therapy factors in treatment outcome.
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The symptoms are generally nonspecific, and few doctors are likely to be able to make a correct diagnosis.
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It's huge because the patient has very nonspecific symptoms.
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So I'm trying to be as nonspecific to begin with and see where it it leads me.
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Alcohol seems to have some remarkably nonspecific effects in terms of how cells function.
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Instead, he credited nonspecific improvements in economic conditions and the standard of living.
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All of these symptoms are nonspecific, so a diagnosis of heart failure cannot be made on symptoms alone.
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The diagnosis is complicated by the nonspecific nature of the presenting symptoms and a histologic picture.
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We made a diagnosis of a fibroosseous lesion, a fungal infection, and a nonspecific infection.
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Bill's Axis I diagnoses were nonspecific organic mental disorder with ADHD symptoms and oppositional traits.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
2
5.8
Not clear or detailed enough to be useful
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Swelling and pain in the tube that carries urine, not caused by gonorrhea
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonspecific comes from the parts non- meaning 'not' and specific meaning 'particular' or 'one clear thing', and a helpful way to remember it is to think 'not one clear cause'. So a nonspecific symptom or result does not point to a single exact cause or detail.