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non-speˈcific, a.
[non- 3.]
Not specific; esp. in Med., not specific as regards cause or effects. Hence ˌnon-speciˈficity.
1938R. W. Lawson tr. Hevesy & Paneth's Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xv. 147 Non-specific adsorption forces do not play a part in this process. 1939H. Kogan et al. in Saporta & Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 534/2 Gestalt psychology..left unaltered the postulate of its non-specificity. 1942Darlington & Mather Genes, Plants & People (1950) iv. 37 The difference between activity and inertness would then be the difference between specificity and non-specificity. 1964W. G. Smith Allergy & Tissue Metabolism ii. 29 Promethazine produces considerable antagonism, but the effect is probably a non-specific one. 1971Brit. Med. Bull. XXVII. 61/1 This group of diseases might be referred to as ‘chronic non-specific lung disease’. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxvi. 372 The first organism included only one enzyme, a non-specific phosphokinase. 1975I. K. Martin Regan & Manhattan File 88 He made some non-specific enquiries to the FBI. |